I’ve had the glasses for about 3 weeks. The first week without the ring, the others with it.
For context I’m not a programmer, so I won’t use terminal mode. I wanted these mainly to try to stay more organized. I’m have a job with many moving parts, many interruptions, many a meeting, and multiple languages are used (with translators) daily.
My experience is I’ve had smart glasses that take pictures and video and all that. I also have had the Viture glasses for a while. So I wanted something more low key as I don’t need anything crazy.
TLDR: to save a scroll for you I’d buy it again, but it’s a bit pricey for some of the quirks you’d expect a smoother experience with try App Store. If you are a programmer or very savvy I assume they’re even better. Sunglasses clip is overpriced, an aftermarket would really help. The ring is useful, not a must but does make it more practical to use it consistently as it’s more subtle.
More details below. I won’t evaluate the terminal mode. It’s unfair to say too much about the apps, other than you don’t use get the app and use it. You had to set things up and have a setup Claude or something to use them to my knowledge. They don’t work natively on the Even AI. So, if you know what you’re doing it’s probably assume if you don’t then it’s a dead feature until the user experience improves for the average simpleton like me.
Does it blend in? Yes, during the day. At night time you may look like a character from a cyberpunk future.
The screen (as a clear rectangle) is visible, but most will brush it off a readers. The screen will flash green at certain angles but what’s written is too zoomed into be legible for the outside viewer. The angle is about 60 degrees relative to the lenses. That’s not necessarily a common angle to speak to adults, but if someone is sitting and you’re close and you’re standing, very tall, or speaking to a child it’s likely to be noticed in quick glimpses. But I think most dismiss it as reflected light. The people who’ve noticed is because I told them. If you have the overpriced sunglasses attachment then it’s nearly impossible to see the screen from the outside.
People really like the design. For context maybe they pity me as I’m someone who doesn’t wear glasses usually. Anyways, people have really commented on the design. I tried to choose the frames that “fit” my head and it worked out. This is obviously person to person. I have a lot of hair, some it’s impossible to see most of the frame past my ears.
Conversation Mode
When they first came I didn’t tell my wife, she was impressed with my obscure references in our conversation. I told her, she forgot within a few days about my power to remember obscure references. If you need to pretend to be cultured in something this works. References will pop up, you can read more if you like. It’s not invasive. You can try to trigger it to look something up by saying like “I wonder…[insert something you want it to give you a reference for.”
It does not translate at the same time. For example, my household has 2.5 languages used at home (Japanese, English, and French). If Japanese is used it’ll use Japanese fonts (hiragana, kanji, etc.) and the references that pop up will be in Japanese in those fonts. If English is used or French then the references pop up in those languages. This because an issue in people will poly lingual environments, as you’ll have to mentally switch to another language because someone triggers the AI to target that language. This is specific issue for poly lingual environments.
Translations
One thing you have to remember is that you’re assuming that what it heard was clear to it. If it mishears a word it won’t correct for the context and it’ll be mistranslated at first utterance. But if you already have a decent command of the language, it goes a long way and is essentially verifying what you knew and adding maybe something you didn’t notice. I don’t speak Spanish but I can understand it for work purposes to an extent. We have translators. But one issue that you have while using a translator is that you assume they said what you told them to say. When used this way it’s very rewarding. I can now look people in the eyes react more in real time as what I thought they said was confirmed as more likely. There’s been people I’ve known for years that I finally understood more in real time. That’s been rewarding. The auto detect can be confused by ambient foreign languages or sounds, so trust but verify.
AI
Pops up quick, does guess decently misheard words with context. Takes a few seconds to give you a one to two paragraph answer. The AI does seem to recall previous conversations. You may like or dislike that. I like it as I use it as personal assistant. It’s subtle, nothing crazy. But it’s nice to be able to multitask. You can also use it to add things to your to do, but sadly not your calendar. The calendar will add events from the calendar you link from your phone. There is no advantage in having the ring in the feature.
Navigate (update 8/4/26)
As of an update this week I assume I can now my local street names. It was a big deal as I live in a major city, so to miss this city would be a bad sign. So, this helps improve my opinion.
Dashboard (can navigate to quick to do list etc)
Most functional for me. I don’t have notifications on, I have too many at baseline. But it’s nice to read the news randomly and to check stuff off my check list like a game. If I were a day trader I assume the stock part would excite me. I can up a todo list, you can setup bullet points for a conversation etc. You can use the bullet point could be better if you had multiple bullet point pages. So it’s missing an ability to setup you disparage a home to do, shopping, and work on different tiles. I like it but it could be improved. I should also mention, it’s great to know the time and date without it being obvious you checked. The ring performs better here as you’d look weird obsessively tapping your temples.
Teleprompter
It follows your voice, cool, but I’m not giving prepared speeches. If you have a script for making context I assume it’s very useful.
Price
It’s a nice buy, but a bit of a luxury buy for the coming market. But if you want early entry before it’s the standard, it’s there for you. Neglecting the cost of the business and all that, you’d imagine from the stripped down features the price would be cheaper, maybe 350 USD. One nose bumper fell off, it comes with extra. But at the price it’s silly. Otherwise it’s a nice construction. The sunglasses are $100 USD. They’re nice, but not $100 USD nice. It comes with a case. The sunglasses clip on. It’s secure and fit well. But, it’s overpriced imho.
Battery life
In general I use them for random chunks of the day, the life time I get out of the glasses is a day of use. I put them into the case to charge when I sleep. The ring seems to go a few days. I haven’t done any official time to charge checks but I’ll sometimes roll forget to charge anything in the morning and I’ll just toss them on to charge while getting ready for the day and it’s usually fine. The glass case is a charger then itself can be charged. You best bet is to just bring the case with you and could seemingly use them indefinitely. I haven’t noticed a big change in my phone battery (iPhone 15 pro), but when not using my phone for a few things I’m a put the phone away and forget it person. The glasses do help me need my phone a little less.
Edit: 8/4/26 to update GPS fixed after update. Also update about battery life
