If Peter's Iron Spider suit had access to Edith then why did he need the glasses back from Beck in Far From Home?

I always thought it was weird the entire EDITH system was controlled by a fragile pair of glasses, that was until I rewatched No Way Home that I noticed the EDITH system overlay in the Iron Spider suit when Peter was heading to the Doc Ock fight.

Potential reasons:

1.) The suit was still in New York. I don't think this is the case because Happy flew accross the world in what seemed like a few hours, he could've brought it with him. I'm sure the plane he rode in on also had access for authorized users.

2.) Peter didn't know the suit had access. This makes more sense in that Peter hadn't worn the glasses prior to the suit but it seems like Happy would've known to tell him (him being one of Tony's closest friends and head of security theres a slim chance he didn't know about EDITH)

Sidenote: being an entire system of satelites, networks, and drones that would need regular maintenance the likelyhood of the system not being able to be shut off without the glasses feels like a stretch, even if Peter himself couldn't get directly into the system. Stark employees seemed well versed in how EDITH worked and I'm sure if Furi (or the Skrull who played him) and Peter just headed over to whatever headquarters maintained EDITH that they could've just set it offline fairly quick. We know this is possible as Peter lost connection to Stark servers in No Way Home which (as per the attatched picture) completely nulified EDITH.

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Thomas_JCG2025-10-29 11:01

Have you considered that he enabled EDITH in the suit AFTER the events of *Far From Home*? He needs the glasses because at that point in time it was the only way to access EDITH, simple.

Mental_Librarian34922025-10-29 12:14

He could of but I'd question why he would need the glasses in order to transfer EDITH over to his suit considering the suit is already connected (or was) to the Stark network and can easily verify the user. Tony would certainly have thought to transfer control to the suit as soon as Peter accessed the glasses

Greygor2025-10-29 11:03

Isn't it just that the suit can make use of EDITH but not allow control of EDITH's systems. The glasses grant full access and control.

Mental_Librarian34922025-10-29 12:20

Well we never got to see him make use of EDITH via the iron spider but I'd wager they both held the same level of control over EDITH. There's really no reason to limit the Iron Spider's capabilities since both the glasses and the suit were to be opperated by Peter. I'm assuming the glasses were just for when he was incognito mode

idontremembermylogi_2025-10-29 11:05

You're right in that the Iron Spider suit was in New York, and that Peter was in Italy, so he wouldn't have been able to use the suit, end of.

But, he was introduced to EDITH on the road trip, he had never heard of EDITH before that point. Even if it was installed on the Iron Spider suit, he had no idea. It was most likely added after the fact.

jmanns932025-10-29 11:42

And when he got the the suit it was the ai Friday not Edith

idontremembermylogi_2025-10-29 11:49

Not FRIDAY but the unique one he had, Suit Lady or later Karen, played by Jennifer Connelly. As far as I can remember there's no confirmation of her being ported over to the Iron Spider, we never head her again after Homecoming, but he does tell the suit to activate Instant Kill in the final battle in Endgame, which is a callback to the first time we meet Suit Lady.

Mental_Librarian34922025-10-29 12:12

Happy could've just brought the suit over or fly Peter back to New York to take control again

GottLiebtJeden2025-10-29 12:51

He wasn't even given EDITH until he had his regular suit, in Europe. He needs the glasses for control, unless he later integrates them into his suit, in which we have no idea where it is.

Comfortable_Breads2025-10-29 13:59

Wasn’t that Friday?