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Smart glasses can be regarded as one of the most exciting products of 2025. The various implementation possibilities present a completely different picture from the adjacent mobile phone market.

Nevertheless, in view of this dynamic development and the fierce competition in this field, as a user who constantly wears contact lenses or glasses during the day, I'm mainly interested in whether a newer smart glass can help me see things clearly. This is far more important than all those elaborate artificial - intelligence functions when I'm making a purchase decision.

In other words, the possibility that people with visual impairments can also benefit from the technology is a very important factor in the development of smart glasses. This is also significant for all people - even those with normal vision - as it reflects the manufacturers' respect for users.

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Today, we take Xiaomi glasses as an example and give you an overview of the glasses ordering process for the most important smart glasses on the market. We hope this will help you make a purchase decision:

TL;DR (Too long, don't want to read)

• Most smart glasses on the market offer their own glasses ordering service, with different partners.
• Myopia of - 600 diopters or hyperopia of + 800 diopters is a threshold. Beyond this value, the glasses options are limited.
• Most leading products support the ordering and installation of third - party lenses. The ordering process is similar to that of traditional glasses frames.
• For special glasses, such as the Thunderbird Air 3, there are fewer third - party options. Some manufacturers do not offer independent ordering options.

We've ordered some AI glasses and compiled this glasses ordering guide

First, I'd like to give readers who have normal vision and may never have experienced a glasses ordering process an overview of the traditional glasses ordering process. This will help you understand the difference between traditional glasses and smart glasses or headsets.

Let's take the four most common visual impairments as an example: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. The lenses used for these visual impairments are called prescription lenses. These are lenses that are only effective after an eye diagnosis and a prescription from an ophthalmologist. They are also called refractive lenses because they are based on the principle of light refraction.

In contrast to refractive lenses, plano lenses only serve a protective or decorative purpose and do not refract light. Examples include sunglasses, sports glasses, or polarization glasses used in fishing to reduce reflection on the water surface. All these lenses fall into the category of plano lenses.

The principle of polarization glasses is the same as that of a circular polarization filter (CPL) in a camera.

In today's business models, the glasses ordering process has changed from a one - step process in the hospital to a very decentralized business. The purchase of the glasses frame, the eye examination, and the production of the lenses can be three independent steps.

For example, you can buy a titanium glasses frame from Bolon on JD.com, then sign up for a professional eye examination at a nearby eye clinic, and finally order a Zeiss Zerodur lens on Pinduoduo with the prescription. After the glasses frame is sent to the manufacturer and the lens is installed, the glasses ordering process is completed.

Based on this background, the glasses ordering process for smart glasses isn't really more complicated.

Xiaomi Smart Glasses

Unlike other smart glasses on the market, Xiaomi is also involved in the field of glasses and glasses ordering. Specifically, you can directly order glasses frames from third - party providers and prescription lenses in the Xiaomi Youpin app. The process is essentially the same as buying glasses online after an eye examination in the hospital.

The Xiaomi Smart Glasses are also marketed in cooperation with Shanghai Mingyue Glasses. This includes benefits such as a free eye examination during the initial sales phase. According to our investigations, there are the following possibilities for ordering prescription lenses:

You can directly order the normal version of the Xiaomi Smart Glasses on an e - commerce platform. After receiving the glasses frame, you can treat it like a traditional glasses frame, have an eye examination in a hospital, order the lens at an offline store, and have the lens installed directly on the spot.

You can buy the Xiaomi Smart Glasses in the "Mingyue Glasses" store on an e - commerce platform. You only need to present your current prescription to buy a finished pair of glasses with the lens installed at a combined price. However, the selection of Mingyue glasses lenses is limited.

You can buy the normal version of the Xiaomi Smart Glasses at a Xiaomi store. The salesperson will instruct you to take the glasses frame to an optical shop that cooperates with Xiaomi (e.g., Dr. Optik). The optical shop will specifically offer Mingyue lenses. The subsequent process is the same as offline glasses ordering. The delivery time is one to two weeks.

Overall, the glasses ordering process for the Xiaomi Smart Glasses isn't particularly complicated. You can simply treat them like a glasses frame without special functions and carry out the glasses ordering process as you would for traditional glasses. This is a type of glasses that is very compatible with third - party lenses.

In some Xiaomi stores, the salesperson will direct you to a nearby optical shop to complete the glasses after you buy the glasses frame.

The cooperation with Mingyue Glasses, as promoted by Xiaomi, is only practical if you already have a very comprehensive prescription from a third - party provider and decide to buy directly from Mingyue Glasses' online store. Otherwise, it's easier and faster to order your own third - party lens. The waiting time is shorter and the selection of lens and coating types is greater.

In addition, Mingyue Glasses offers online ordering of lenses up to myopia of - 600 diopters. If your myopia is stronger than 600 diopters or you have special requirements for pupil distance, astigmatism, or lens functions, it's safer to buy the glasses directly and then have an eye examination and order the lens at an optical shop.

It's also important to note that the two electrochromic lenses that Xiaomi presented this time aren't suitable for ordering prescription lenses. If you have both a visual impairment and want the option to change the color of the lens, you need to buy the normal version of the Xiaomi Smart Glasses and then separately order a photosensitive lens with prescription strength.

Thunderbird V3 & V3 Slim

It must be said that after the release of the Xiaomi Smart Glasses, the popularity of the Thunderbird V3 series has risen sharply again. In contrast to Xiaomi's philosophy of "No design is the best design", Thunderbird has clearly invested in design.

Thunderbird V3 Slim (left) and Xiaomi Smart Glasses (right) | Gabriel

As a smart glass without a display function and with plano lenses by default, the glasses ordering process of the Thunderbird V3 and V3 Slim is essentially the same as that of the Xiaomi Smart Glasses, except that there's no cooperation with an optical shop here:

You can directly order the normal version of the Thunderbird V3 glasses on an e - commerce platform. After receiving the glasses frame, you can treat it like a traditional glasses frame, have an eye examination in a hospital, order the lens at an offline store, and have the lens installed directly on the spot.

In the Thunderbird flagship store on JD.com, you can order the Thunderbird V3 with a customizable Zeiss lens. You just need to enter the prescription strength, pupil distance, axis, and astigmatism in your prescription to order the lens.

You can choose between two refractive indices: 1.6 and 1.67. The prices are 2,499 and 2,749 yuan. When you receive the glasses, the lens is already installed.

Compared to Xiaomi, the online ordering process for the Thunderbird V3 is more transparent and also supports higher prescription strengths than the Mingyue lenses. On JD.com, you can order lenses from - 2000 diopters of myopia to + 850 diopters of hyperopia. Although the final price is higher, you have more flexibility.

Naturally, it's always cheaper for price - sensitive users to buy the normal version of the glasses frame and then order the lens offline. According to a user who has bought both Xiaomi and Thunderbird glasses, he was able to order a 1.56 - index Essilor Memoire lens for his Thunderbird V3 Slim at an offline store for only 298 yuan.

Ray - Ban Meta

Although the Ray - Ban Meta glasses aren't available in China, the glasses ordering process is essentially the same as that of Xiaomi and Thunderbird. There are two main possibilities: Online ordering and Offline exchange.

In addition to Ray - Ban's offline locations, Meta has also opened its own glasses shop in Los Angeles. | Retail Dive

Compared to Xiaomi or Thunderbird, Ray - Ban Meta has the advantage that Ray - Ban is a professional glasses manufacturer. Therefore, there's a much larger selection of lenses, both for prescription lenses and plano lenses. There are many different types and designs: