I doubt many people had a smart glasses-sniffing app hitting the top three on the iOS App Store on their 2026 bingo card, but here we are. Smart glasses are clearly a concern for lots of people, and “Antizuck” is reaping the benefits. Antizuck, in case you missed it, is a $3 app on the App Store that sniffs out Bluetooth signals. The idea here is that you can automatically and effectively identify smart glasses near you without having to keep a watchful eye on what people are wearing. Last week, much to my surprise, it hit number three among paid apps on the App Store, and as of this writing, it’s still there. Naturally, as Gizmodo’s resident smart glasses guy, I had to try it for myself. The results were, well, interesting.
Bluetooth sniffing like no one’s watching The good news about the Antizuck app is that it works—at least sometimes. After I downloaded it and granted the requisite permissions, it recognized a pair of smart Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses I had on hand. In addition to smart glasses locations, you also get a breakdown of their proximity. It’s a range, so don’t expect exact science. Devices will be presented as “0 to 6 feet” or “6 to 25 feet.” I’m not so sure that even those ranges are always accurate, though. Sometimes, even when I was less than a foot away from my phone, the range came in as 6 to 25 feet. So just be mindful of that if you’re hoping for reliable distances. © James Pero / Gizmodo © James Pero / Gizmodo There’s also a neat signal field that shows relative proximity on a radar-y interface. Detected smart glasses appear as little red blips, while non-smart glasses’ Bluetooth signals appear as grey dots. It’s a little weird to track all sorts of Bluetooth devices in an app that’s meant to be an antidote to glassholes, but that’s just my opinion.
