Amazon is working on Alexa-powered smart glasses

Amazon's first wearable device will directly take on its voice assistant rival, Google.

Amazon is working on Alexa-powered smart glasses

The online shopping giant's first wearable device will reportedly be a pair of smart glasses with Alexa built in, . 

Amazon has had Google Glass founder Babak Parvis working on the project since he was hired in 2014. 

Unlike Google's rather sci-fi looking glasses, Amazon's are meant to look like a regular pair of spectacles. It will even use bone-conduction technology so the user can hear Alexa without the need for earphones or speakers. The price of looking normal is that the device won't have a screen or camera. 

The FT also reported that Amazon is expected to launch a home security camera with either, or both, of the devices launched this year. 

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