Let’s recap.

Make them even smarter.

Lens ingredients to complete your SmartLife lenses.

You’ve chosen a great lens design – but you have a few more choices to make. These factors are worth considering before you buy your next pair.

Your eyes

SmartLife progressives provide three prescriptions in one, to help presbyopic eyes focus at all distances. Your optician should confirm if this is the right lens type for you.

Your lifestyle

SmartLife® by ZEISS is designed for today’s digital lifestyle and related visual behaviour. For even bigger clear vision zones and eyes that feel vitalized all day long, opt for ZEISS Progressive ClearMind lenses – designed to reduce your cognitive load, which can help you stay focused and concentrate better.

Your face & frame

For even better vision and quicker adaptation, your viewing zones can be fine-tuned based on your frame and how it fits your face. Your optician will need to take a few measurements. Our technology will do the rest.

Eye protection

Full UV protection is a standard at ZEISS. Why not add ZEISS BlueGuard or self-tinting PhotoFusion X? Both feature built-in blue light protection and are great options for a busy, screen-filled life.

Thickness & weight

All ZEISS SmartLife lenses are designed to be thin and flat. You also have a choice of lens material and index – it can influence how you look and feel with your new pair of glasses.

Durability & care

A ZEISS DuraVision lens coating of your choice will reinforce your glasses, make them easy to clean and more. Add the features that are important to you.

Any questions?

  • ZEISS Progressive SmartLife lenses are ideal for people aged 40 and up who need help focusing at any distance or don’t want to rely on ready readers for good vision close-up. If you’re not quite ready for progressives, ZEISS Digital SmartLife lenses are another great option.

  • Not at all – you'll be surprised how quickly you feel comfortable in your new eyeglasses. Most wearers only needed one day to get used to the new lenses.

  • SmartLife lenses are already packed with technology – but you can add some optional extras to personalise them even more. SmartLife Individual is one of our most customisable lens. It includes eight different technologies that combine to deliver optical performance crafted uniquely to you.

  • Our technology makes our ZEISS Progressive SmartLife lenses lighter and thinner than other varifocal lenses. You'll love how they feel.

  • Contact a trusted ZEISS optician to customise the ideal SmartLife lens for you.


  • 1

    Performance test on ZEISS SmartLife Progressive lenses, n=17 study participants. ZEISS Vision Science Lab, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, 2019.

  • 2

    Internal Global Vision Study, Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, DE, 2020-2021. (unpublished, data on file)

  • 3

    Market consumer acceptance test on ZEISS SmartLife Individual 3 lens portfolio with n=174 study participants in DE, IT, CN by Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, DE 2022. (unpublished, data on file)