Awear's claims about data handling and portability are company statements. No independent source has confirmed how the platform performs, and no partner has shipped AS-One products yet. Saulsbury has described Meta's early smart-glasses project as an extension of its advertising business, arguing that easier content creation would drive engagement and ad opportunities. That characterization is his own.
The portability question is becoming practical as the market grows. Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses run Meta's own AI assistant and sold 7 million units in 2025. Google is taking a different approach, partnering with Samsung and eyewear makers Gentle Monster and Warby Parker on glasses that will embed its Gemini assistant. Google says those glasses will work with both Android and iOS and arrive later this year. CNN reports that smart-glasses shipments are expected to rise 263% in the first half of 2026. Privacy is also a pressure point: a lawsuit alleges that human annotators viewed and labeled recordings of people changing clothes, using bathrooms, and handling financial information after glasses footage was uploaded to Meta's servers to train its AI systems. For attorneys, the key question is whether a user's assistant memory can follow them when they switch brands, and whether that data movement creates new privacy exposure.