The sunglasses integrate speakers into the stems and connect to a phone over Bluetooth.
Its a neat idea, but ultimately flawed for several reasons.
There are lots of frame styles and just as many colors of lenses.
As part of the review, I tried the LucydEclipse model.
They fit well and were generally comfortable.
Keep in mind, you will be essentially buying an indoor or outdoor product.
The audio controls on the glasses were fine, but not great.
Each stem has a button facing downward that performs different functions.
Clicking the left one once lowers the volume.
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The right one raises the volume with the same single press.
Double-clicking either one will pause or play audio.
It was more perplexing because a single six-second press would turn both sides off.
These glasses offer immersive four-speaker audio, intuitive touch controls, and 12 hours of music and calls per charge.
Sound and Call Quality
The audio quality from the Lucyd Lyte sunglasses is just poor.
It, along with the price point, is the single biggest contributor to the overall rating.
Listening to music on the glasses was a bit like listening with cheap bone-conducting headphones.
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Its doable, but it was only more enjoyable than listening to nothingsometimes not even that.
I dont want to come across as harsh.
But I do want people to go into any purchasing decision with reasonable expectations.
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There was no low-end bass at all, and all instrumentation was squeezed into a narrow frequency range.
The highlight was that listening to podcasts and audiobooks worked better than songs.
Using the glasses to take calls worked fine.
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The microphones performed well enough not to be a hindrance.
They even canceled out a lot of the ambient cafe noise.
it’s possible for you to hear the examples for yourself.
Multiple times the glasses hung on and were still connected to my phone from one day into the next.
Officially, Lucyd claims a 12-hour battery life for listening to music and taking calls.
Sometimes a charging port is too big for a small product.
(I do despise the use of USB-A on the other end, however.)
You better not lose it or forget it on a trip, or youll be out of luck.
The cord is a minor annoyance overall, but another tick against the product as a whole.
ChatGPT in Your Sunglasses?
If you have the Lucyd app installed (available foriPhoneandAndroid), you might accessChatGPTthrough it.
On iPhone, you have to turn on the Lucyd Shortcut in Apples Shortcut app.
Then you have to trigger Siri and speak the command Lucyd.
At that point, youre free to ask ChatGPT a question.
Performing this series of events was, lets say, clunky.
I didnt find any of this helpful either.
If this is the feature youre after, I beg you to hey just buy AirPods of some sort.
Siri, on its own, can handle conversions or times of sporting events just fine.
By the way, the Lucyd app does not connect to the glasses in any way.
I couldnt find a way to change the pre-set controls or anything.
You could even use the Lucyd app to configure a Shortcut without buying the glasses at all.
TheEclipse modelI tested retails for $199 but has been on sale for $149.
Audio Glasses?
Ive tried theSoundcore Frames, which prioritize interchangeable stems to customize the look of the glasses.
Ive also tried theRay-Ban Stories, which came to the market as a partnership with Meta.
In both cases, the audio quality was much better than the Lucyd Lyte.
Should You Buy the Lucyd Lyte Audio Sunglasses?
Most people would be better off looking at finding theright pair of earbudsfor their audio needs.
If the Lucyd Lyte glasses do strike a chord with you, I can verify that they functioned fine.
Minus some very mediocre audio quality, they worked as advertised.
But let me leave you with a lingering question.
How comfortable do you feel wearing sunglasses inside to take a call or listen to music?
