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he's a very different kind of like sunglasses but not no I would not wear these but I can't tell that they're like high-tech glasses I guess just from looking at them maybe on the side you can tell something's going on here these look like they came out of the movie theater like 3d glasses you get the arms are pretty thick I'm not a big fan of that for style they're maybe a little more masculine than I would go for but you know I think you have to sacrifice some things if you're gonna get certain technology these are the bows frames yes they are sunglasses but they also have micro speakers and microphones built into their frames and technically this is the smallest Bose audio system ever created the frames are a little bulkier than your typical glasses and way it touched more but they don't feel too heavy don't expect the two styles Bose is offering it launched to fit the same I'm wearing the alto style here it's got a little bit square shape I do prefer its style though it is a little bit big on my face the Rondo style fits me a little bit better it's got a rounded style as its name implies and it is designed for smaller faces Bo's bill Z says audio a are sunglasses because in the near future their work with Boz's upcoming audio augmented reality platform it should be available by this summer unlike video based AR platforms of Bose AR delivers audio feedback based on your phone's GPS location and what's cool is that a nine axis motion sensor built into the glasses less apps know exactly which way you're facing right now you can use the frames to stream audio and make calls there are no volume controls on the frames but there's a little multifunction button near the temple of the right frame that allows you to power on the glasses pause your music skip tracks forward and back and answer and end calls and if you turn your glasses over and set them down for two seconds they will automatically turn off so how do they sound well better than you might expect I was impressed but that doesn't mean they sound great this actually kind of feels like wearing over their headphones I don't know if it's because of the volume the music quality how they've managed to handle the the electronics of this but it's not like wearing in-ear headphones but the music is really going in here and you can still kind of hear some of the outside this feels like I'm completely covered and it's hard to hear stuff that's going on in distance oh now it changes my perspective a little bit with how good it sounds like maybe I would wear these if I didn't have to like fumble with earphones and if I charged something else good it's really good actually it's interesting how I'm not actually wearing earbuds and it's not actually covering my hair but it feels like it is sounds good I don't know how loud is it did anybody else can hear it but it sounds like it's pretty loud in my head the volume is about at 60% I can't really hear it can't really hear it I can kind of hear it now it's really loud well they don't sound quite as good as Apple's air pods they can play pretty loud although they sound best at around 60 or 70 percent volume levels not cranked to the max one of their best features is that even though they sound loud to you they leak little sound so people around you can't hear your music or who you're speaking to on a call they do work well for making calls and I was able to hear callers reasonably well in the streets of New York even though my ears were open taking all the sounds around me battery life isn't great beau says that at average listening levels they run up to 3.5 hours for playback and up to 12 hours on standby and can be fully recharged in less than two hours using an included Pogo pin cable a pretty swanky protective case is included along with a cleaning cloth alas Bose doesn't offer prescription lenses for the frames yet but the lenses which aren't polarized but seem pretty decent do pop out and you could get a prescription lens on your own know that you will void the warranty if you do pop those lenses out they don't offer a high degree of water resistance there I px 2 certified but Bose reps told me I'd be okay to run with them and I could see people using them for running and biking and other pursuits where it's good to have your ears open so you can hear traffic and other sounds it's hard to give a full review of these guys without experiencing the upcoming AR features but I will say this is an interesting wearable that has a chance to shake up to the audio market in the coming years I'm David Carr noise for cnet.com thanks for watching you