Right now, it’s difficult to tell these devices apart. Not only do they look alike, but most are similarly unsubtle in their attempts to stick AI on your face. They’re loaded with promises about how wearable AI can change your life: It’ll make you healthier by tracking what you eat, make you smarter by capturing notes on every word you utter, and make you more creative by transforming your surroundings into playlists and date ideas.

But after a year of testing, I’m yet to see anything that lives up to those promises. And if the smart glasses category is going to succeed, it’s going to need a better story for why they should stay on your face all day.

Regardless of what model I put on in the morning, modern smart glasses make me feel like James Bond. I can walk around the neighborhood wearing a pair of chunky Ray-Bans, listen to my audiobook, and see my texts without pulling out my phone. If I feel like getting a coffee, I can put in the name of a local cafe and get directions. No one looking at me would know.

That’s doubly true when the glasses come with cameras or gesture-based accessories (see: the Even Realities G2 and Meta Ray-Ban Display). Secretly controlling an invisible display that only I can see? Incredibly cool. Capturing my cat’s antics without him knowing? Move over, David Attenborough, I’m the wildlife documentarian now.