Apple Glasses · Reported Feature

Hand gestures via the wide-angle camera

The wide-angle camera could enable hand gesture control, though Bloomberg's Gurman is skeptical, saying the first version likely won't have sophisticated gestures.

Apple's rumored glasses reportedly carry two cameras with split jobs: a high-res one for photos and video, and a lower-res wide-angle lens that reads your hand gestures. Instead of tapping a button or talking to the air, you'd wave or point and the glasses would follow. That wide-angle lens doubles as Siri's eyes, so it can see what you're looking at when you ask a question.

iDevice Confidence

Speculated

Floated by the rumor mill, but far from certain.

Which smart glasses support hand-gesture control?

Across the category · your product highlighted · each value tagged by confidence.

Apple GlassesHand gestures via wide-angle camera (reported)Speculated
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 3NoHighly expected
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2No — touchpad + voiceConfirmed
Meta GlassesNo — capture button + voiceConfirmed
Samsung Galaxy GlassesNo — buttons + touchpad + Gemini voiceHighly expected
Snap SpecsHand tracking (Snap OS)Expected
Xreal AuraNoWidely reported

Sources reporting this (3)

Apple's AI Smart Glasses Likely to Support Hand Gesture ControlsMacRumors · Apr 29, 2026
Apple Glasses rumored to feature Vision Pro-style hand gestures, but Mark Gurman is skepticalTom's Guide · Apr 30, 2026
Sketchy rumor suggests Apple Glasses will support Vision Pro-style hand gestures9to5Mac · Apr 30, 2026