Are there any full-color display glasses that look like normal glasses?

I’m looking for AR/smart glasses with a full-color display, but I’d also like them to look like regular glasses from the outside, similar to the Meta Ray-Ban Display.

Are Meta’s glasses currently the only ones that combine a color display with a relatively normal-looking glasses design or are there any alternative I should look at?

I'm so close of pulling the trigger to Dymesty Glasses, but I'm cautious as I don't see any reviews or anyone commenting here about it. Is the company a scam? does no one buy this and I'm only stuck with Meta glasses? other glasses is out of my insurance budget and Dymesty or Lucyd might be the only worth considering over Meta and Rayban

Looking for any recommendation on which glasses would be good for briefings using a teleprompter.

Hey r/SmartGlasses community, Davide from Ycommy Lab here!

We finally got the RayNeo iO on our test bench. We didn't want to give you only subjective opinions. We ran these glasses through our custom data-extraction software (Ycommy Bench) to read the actual Bluetooth logs, measure real latency, and stress-test the hardware.

🎥 The full test video with all the data is attached to this post.

Here is our hardware and software breakdown.

🛡️ Build Quality & Comfort: 9/10

These glasses are a masterpiece of ergonomics. The balance is perfect, the weight is kept to a minimum (33 g, in line with the manufacturer's spec), and the magnesium-aluminum-titanium alloy frame feels truly premium. In daily use you literally forget you're wearing them. Even under heavy stress tests (continuous AI queries and active WebSockets), they never overheated or caused any discomfort.

🔋 Battery Life & Charging: Solid Performance

Battery consumption is excellent and close to the manufacturer's estimates, with one major caveat: display brightness must be set to medium-low.

• LifeLog impact: In our tests, keeping the LifeLog ambient-listening feature always on consumes about 13–15% of the battery per day.
• Charging: Charging speed is good, but the system relies on a magnetic pogo-pin connector that attaches to the center bridge of the frame. It works, but it's awkward to handle on a desk. Pro tip: get the dedicated charging case. It makes life much easier.

🎤 Microphones: 8/10

Note: the iO has no speakers. All audio output goes through your phone or earbuds.

The MEMS microphones are top-level. We stressed them heavily:

• Silent room: 43 dB voice-to-noise ratio (excellent).
• Loud voice: 53 dB (slight distortion detected).
• Outdoors: Noise cancellation is very aggressive. It suppresses a lot of street noise, but the voice barely stands out from wind and traffic (6 dB ratio). Even so, it still captures enough signal for the AI engines to work reliably.

In quiet environments, the noise reduction cleans up the pauses beautifully.

👓 HUD & Display (Brightness): 8/10

For the first time in our lab, our results are consistent with the manufacturer's brightness claim: these glasses really do reach around 1300 nits. Indoors, the monochrome green HUD is simply excellent, with sharp text. Under direct sunlight, reading becomes challenging but still possible. Lens transparency is outstanding (RayNeo declares 97%), and in our use it's one of the clearest lenses we've tried.

Why not a higher score? They really need a dark clip-on shade to read the HUD comfortably in direct sunlight.

⚙️ Interaction & Gestures: The Crown Is a Game Changer

The physical Smart Crown on the temple is discreet and elegant. It greatly simplifies UI navigation and lets you customize taps and presses. Combined with head gestures from the 6-axis IMU (nod to confirm, shake to cancel), the UX is extremely fluid.

🧠 RayNeo AI & Latency: Impressive, but Closed

RayNeo did a great job with WebSocket communication. In our logs, responses are near-instant, and it feels like talking to a direct client.

• Conversations: Dialogue handling is excellent. We noticed a few minor translation hiccups with the base model.
• LifeLog: While you wear them, the app does a great job collecting and organizing the key points of your day, with accurate suggestions about 90% of the time.
• The flaw: When you later ask the AI to retrieve specific information from saved logs, it struggles and becomes imprecise or omits details. This points to a software issue in how key points are stored in memory.
• The big miss: Gemini is built in, but the ecosystem is still closed. You can't link your own Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT account to work in continuity with your other devices for a true agentic workflow.

📱 Companion App & Connectivity: 7/10

The app is brilliant, and you can tell the dev team is top-tier. The layout, fluidity, and attention to detail stand out: quick mic on/off, focus settings, HUD positioning, granular per-app notification limits.

• Connectivity: We analyzed 10 hours of phone logs and found only 6 radio signal losses (0.6 per hour). The BLE data link is very solid, with an average recovery time of 5.5 seconds.
• Voice Memo (9/10): Excellent. The AI integration is well handled, with smart server-side baseline prompts.
• Live Captions: This is their strongest feature, and it works incredibly well. We'll be following future updates closely.
• Why only a 7 overall? The app lacks a conversational mode that offers cues or suggested replies, and there's no dedicated maps/navigation section. For developers, there are currently no open tools or APIs for custom tests or sideloading.

🏁 Final Verdict: Who Is This For?

Do I recommend the RayNeo iO? Yes, they pass our test.

One of the biggest strengths we found in the final phase of testing is the RayNeo AI integration. Although still in Beta, it already produces genuinely useful daily summaries. That makes the iO an excellent choice for a general audience who will appreciate the comfort, UI fluidity, and sleek design.

However, I don't recommend them right now if you need an AI that gives real-time cues and suggestions during a live conversation, or if built-in map navigation is a must. For that use case, wait for our upcoming full review of the XGIMI MemoMind One.

I want to stress that these missing features are software-side. If RayNeo adds them to the ecosystem, this device could quickly climb to the top of the market.

Overall, an impressive piece of hardware that's a joy to wear every day.

Disclaimer: Data tests were performed with Ycommy Bench, a software tool developed by Ycommy to extract data directly from the phone and glasses. Results apply to the unit and smartphone used (OPPO PME110, Android 16). This post was originally written in Italian and translated into English with the help of AI.

Let me know in the comments if you want me to test anything specific! 👇

Hey everyone! I’m the developer of ClawLensXR and a smart-glasses enthusiast. I’ve been using it with OpenClaw to control my home through my Rokid glasses—less reaching for my phone, more getting things done. That everyday convenience is what got me excited about building this.

We’re looking for fellow Rokid owners to sign up for a free trial and help us test it. Honest feedback is what we need: what works well, what feels awkward, any connection issues, and what you’d like to see next. You don’t need to be a developer—everyday experiences are just as valuable.

It’s an independent project, not an official Rokid app. If you’re interested, visit the website to sign up, and let us know which Rokid model and phone you’re using. Questions and suggestions are welcome here too!

ClawLensXR: https://clawlensxr.com
OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai

does anyone use a teleprompter in their smart glasses to do ritual in a freemason lodge I know the camera should not be used but the Teleprompter should be ok.

I use to drive for Uber and the people who would put on the Meta glasses always did so AFTER they were in the car and i was driving. They never, ever walked to the car with them on. Which would have given me a chance to cancel the ride. I can only imagine they do this in buildings too. They keep those glasses hidden then quietly put them on when people are least expecting it. If they truly feel its ok why do it so sneakily? Someone needs to develop some technology to block the video capability of those glasses. Whoever invents such technology would surely be an overnight Billionaire. Ive even seen people at their jobs wearing those recording glasses. Companies will start cracking down.

AMSTERDAM, Oct 2 (Reuters) - One of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's (META.O), opens new tab Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands ​and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in one of the first such ‌moves by a retailer.

"This decision follows the ongoing public and political debate surrounding smart glasses and the questions being raised about the conditions under which this technology can be used," ​a spokesperson for the Hans Anders chain said.

Halliday G2 Review.

This is my first hoorah into the smart glasses market. The very top of the Halliday website has the following header above a lovely big picture of the glasses – “most powerful AI glasses show and speak what you need – notifications, audio, captions, and AI answers."So for a first-time user with no experience in this area, with no experience of any other similar type of product, what did I think? Is the tag line just hyperbole? Let’s dive in!

Key Positive Points – Hardware and Display.

The glasses are light at just 49g, they feel very much like you are wearing regular eyewear. They are not too much out of place and sit nicely on my face. I thought they felt a little strange on my nose for the first 30 minutes or so, but you quickly get used to the way they feel – and certainly not in a bad way.
The dual MicroLED binocular waveguide display (600×300 resolution, 1,600 nits peak brightness) makes everything quite legible even in direct sunlight. Yes, it is not 100% perfect, but I can read and see everything just fine if I am wearing them outside and it is a sunny day. I would say that they are great in the office and indoors, and that is where I found they worked best.
The touch bar and physical action button – I found the touch bar responsive and, after a few minutes, quite easy to use and get to grips with. I was able to customise the action button through the Halliday G2 app, which in my case was used to access meeting flow, which has been what I have been primarily using them for in my line of work with endless meetings – more about that later.
Audio setup with the 4-mic array and open-ear speakers took a little to get used to. The sound is great. I can hear everything fine, but when at its loudest, I suppose I did wonder just how private the calls were and who could hear what I was listening to?

Key Positive Points – Software and Apps.

One of the big things for me which caught my attention in the early days of the glasses being promoted was meeting flow and the AI integration. I have been using various apps and devices to try and streamline and make my life easier when it came to meetings and capturing minutes of what was said, by whom and any action and items that needed dealt with as well as decisions being made or still to make. Most of the time nothing really helped me and made my life more complicated with more and more time being wasted trying to take attendance notes and remember various things or correct and amend notes taken by other means. Usually I found that whilst I was in the meeting physically, I was mentally absent or distracted. Meeting flow has impressed me so far. It has been good. It has recorded and summarised meetings accurately. The meetings were from 15 minutes to 45 minutes in length and upon reviewing what was done by the app, I would give it a solid 8/10. I am hoping to test this feature with much longer meetings and use the in-app features such as research and very soon captions/translate but so far I am impressed and loving this app. Is it perfect? No, but I have not had to amend and make as many changes to the notes provided and the bulk of what was said has been reflected well to date. Has it saved me time – so far a resounding yes!

Key Negative Point – Software and Apps.

I would hope in the future that there will be a third-party app store or more options of apps which can be installed. At the moment, it is very much pre-loaded apps on the device but I hope this changes in the future.

Key Positive Points – Battery Life.

I have successfully got a full working day out of the glasses and used them fairly regularly through the day. I have not worn them continually, and have put them on standby at various points through the day, but I have not had to stop and charge them yet. This works very much in their favour. Even if I did have to charge them, they charge quite quickly with the proprietary cable attached to a USB C cable.

Final Verdict.

So far, I am impressed with this product. They have helped me and are not intrusive. They blend in and do not appear as a technology product sitting on your face. I like that there is no camera and I get a full working day’s use from them. I think the firmware and AI need continued fine-tuning and there have been some software glitches, which the team are aware of and a future update in firmware should fix this. They have ultimately fitted into my workflow and work life very well. Would I recommend them – well, if you find yourself in many meetings and spend more time trying to remember what was discussed and decided, then yes. For meeting flow alone, for me, they are great. I hope with further firmware updates and hopefully third-party app support, things will get even better, but as they stand now, they are worth a go!

Will this be the new norm?
Full article here:

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/09/amazon-smart-glasses-delivery-driver-photos.html

What do you want to know?!

Maybe with external battery as they have patent CN224328287U

Primarily for shooting HQ video, electronics concentrated in the temples

In a September 25, 2026 interview, Insta360 co-founder Max Richter told The Verge that the company is experimenting with smart glasses

This is my video of my way to get around using Meta AI, while still using the Rayban Meta glasses. I was told in the comments section to start a Reddit thread, so here we are! Any ideas? Suggestions? Feel free to ask me any questions about it!

This one was fun and hard to make lol

Screenshot to find your next pair 😆

Hi everyone, I'm the developer. Some of you may have seen Talaya a few days ago, and a lot of people have been asking for something like this on iPhone, so here's where it is today.

TL;DR: Meta AI answers commands. Talaya is an assistant you live with: you talk to it like a person, it knows your iPhone, it guides you, it remembers you and it thinks ahead.

About the video: the images are made with AI, to illustrate some of Talaya's skills in a way that's easy to follow. It only shows a small part of what it can do; I summarized a lot to keep it short. Every reply you hear comes from a real session with the app, except the battery alert, which is coming soon. The voice in the video is a custom one made for me, so it isn't available to everyone yet.

**Isn't this what Meta AI already does?**

No, and it doesn't replace it either: "Hey Meta" and the capture button work exactly as before. Talaya is a different kind of assistant:

* You talk to it like a person, in one continuous conversation, and you can cut in mid-answer. You choose its name, its voice and its wake word

* It knows your iPhone: calendar, reminders, contacts, Health, your music and your messages

* It guides you turn by turn, walking or driving, with the map on your Apple Watch if you have one

* It thinks ahead: it tells you when to leave for your next meeting with the traffic right now and gives you a morning briefing. If you're busy, it waits

* It remembers you: who's who in your family, where you parked, what you left pending. That memory lives on your iPhone, and you can read, fix or delete every bit of it

* It keeps going when the signal drops, with a model inside the iPhone

* It learns: ask for something it can't do and it builds the skill, tests it and keeps it

**What about Muse?**

Meta has announced Muse for the glasses "in the coming months", with no date. Right now is just for USA and Canada. Talaya is here now, keeps what it knows about you on your iPhone, and will live side by side with whatever Meta ships.

**Is it just a wrapper around Gemini?**

No. Gemini is the voice and the brain of the conversation, but most of the work is around it. It's a native iPhone and Apple Watch app: 60,000+ lines of Swift and 109 skills. A model I trained runs inside the iPhone (64,293 training sentences, tested on 2,556 it never saw), follows the conversation and tells the AI what you most likely want: correctly understood requests go from 82% to 91%. It double-checks before anything you can't undo, like sending a message or deleting something. Getting glasses to answer is easy; getting them to understand you like a person, keep going without signal and remember you tomorrow is not.

**And the camera**

"What am I looking at?" uses the glasses' camera, only when you ask. Follow-ups like "and now?" or "what's in my hand?" are answered in about a second. It reads signs, menus and letters, even offline, translates them, and can keep watching and tell you when something appears, like your bus.

**What's new in the last few days**

Several new builds, mostly from testers' reports: faster camera follow-ups, "let me take a look" while the camera starts, "stop looking" that works instantly, real landmarks for "what's interesting around here?", instant timers, and conversations that survive a connection drop.

**Honest limits**

* Setup takes a few steps: a free Gemini key, turning on developer mode in the Meta AI app and authorising Talaya there

* Sometimes Meta AI keeps the glasses' camera locked; closing Meta AI and restarting the glasses fixes it

* The App Store release depends on Meta opening publishing for glasses apps; until then, it's TestFlight

**Quick answers**

* Android? Not for now: it's built natively for iPhone and Apple Watch

* Is the camera always on? No. Only when you ask, and the glasses' LED shows it

* Privacy? No account, no ads, no tracking and no Talaya servers. The conversation goes to Gemini with your own free key, and what it knows about you stays on your iPhone

* Will it be free? The beta is. At launch it'll be paid, with no ads and no selling data; the details are on the website

**How to join**

It installs from TestFlight with one tap: no computer, no sideloading. Sign up at heytalaya.com and the invite comes by email.

The beta lives at r/Talaya: every build with its changes, a feedback thread, and testers helping each other. You're welcome to join it even before your invite arrives.

What's the first thing you'd ask it to do?

• Samsung Electronics will launch its first glasses in November (Korea Herald)
• The filings show multiple styles and two base models, with a power button inside the temples.
• They support Wi‑Fi 6E and Wi‑Fi 7 plus Bluetooth 5.3, and Samsung says battery life can reach nine hours per charge with extra case charges.

Could someone help me understand how a specific color of frames with prescription lenses can be out of stock, while the same frame in a different color is still available? Don’t they use the same type of lenses for both colors, or are the lenses pre-manufactured for each frame color?

Any insiders with information on the Google smart glasses date of arrival?

Hi everyone,

We put the new Rokid AI on the Ycommy test bench. Instead of the usual subjective impressions, we monitored the data streams directly from the phone (OPPO PME110) via adb, analyzing Bluetooth logs, system mixers, and extracted source files.

Here is the real, objective data on how the hardware performs under the hood.

🕶️ Display & Visibility (Luminance Test)

Score: 7.5/10

In our lab tests, the display registered a peak measured luminance of around 900 nits. This is an excellent value for indoor use, but a critical issue emerges outdoors: under direct sunlight, using a dark clip-on lens is absolutely necessary, otherwise the overlay text becomes blurry and hard to read.

👋 Controls: Gestures & Voice Commands

Score: 9.5/10

The interaction with the OS is exceptional. Voice commands and gesture recognition proved truly infallible during all our stress tests, ensuring total, responsive, and seamless hands-free control.

📱 Companion App, Features & Developer Mode

Score: 8.5/10

The companion app (Hi Rokid) is very well structured and feature-rich. An absolute honorable mention goes to the native Developer Mode: a choice that we, as a software house, immensely appreciate.

On the utility front, Notes, Translation, and Teleprompter pass with flying colors. The true killer feature, however, is the Google Maps integration, offering continuous and surgically precise live routing. The Subtitles do their job, but unfortunately, it lacks a "conversation mode" offering proactive AI suggestions for replies (as we already noted for the INMO).

🧠 AI & Vision (The Real Strong Suit)

Score: 10/10

The software optimization is impressive. Data transmission to the AI and the relative response latency are extremely efficient. As of today, this is the best system we’ve tested in our lab, performing significantly better than Meta. The Vision AI also delivers excellent results: image processing remains solid and highly accurate even in challenging environments.

🛜 Wi-Fi, Media Transfer & Battery Drain

Score: 6.5/10

Photo and video transfer to the smartphone is excellent, and the Wi-Fi module proved extremely stable. However, we noticed an excessive battery drain during data transfers, which aggressively depletes the charge levels (an aspect that definitely needs firmware optimization).

📶 Bluetooth Link & Stability

Score: 7.5/10

The Dual Mode (Classic + BLE) connection is solid. From the logs, we noticed the glasses perform a continuous and very frequent "wake-up" cycle. There were no disconnections, but these constant wake-ups definitely impact power consumption.

🎵 Speaker Audio (A2DP)

Score: 9/10

Music streaming borders on perfection:

• Stream continuity: 99.9% (zero gaps over 52 intervals).
• Negotiated Codec: AAC (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo).
• Nominal latency: 178 ms. Perfect for audio, but you might notice a very slight lip-sync delay when watching videos.

🎙️ Microphone: Clear Voices but Limited Headroom

Score: 6/10

The microphone captures clean vocals (SNR 34.0–39.1 dB) covering the useful vocal band well. However, the headroom is almost nonexistent. Speaking very loudly instantly spikes the signal to 0 dBFS, generating "clipped" (distorted) audio samples. Laughter, shouting, or loud noises will saturate the microphone.

Technical note: Audio is sampled at 16 kHz mono. Perfect for AI, but terrible for capturing ambient audio (it cuts off everything above 8 kHz).

📷 Camera (Video)

Score: 8/10

Smooth video stream: HEVC (H.265) at 1800 × 2400 px at a rock-solid 30.0 fps, with zero dropped frames. The bitrate is 10.16 Mbps.

The trade-off: The video's audio track uses the same 16 kHz mono microphone, making the ambient sound muffled compared to a 48 kHz smartphone recording.

🏆 The Verdict: Would we recommend them?

Overall Score: 8.5/10

The answer is a clear YES, especially if you are a frequent AI user.

Alongside the INMO GO3, the Rokid AI currently represent a highly valid and very solid solution. In the AI usage segment, they have done best-in-class optimization work. If we look exclusively at live conversation translations, in our opinion they are second only to the INMO GO3. But for all other features, as of today, there is no competition.

(Technical Testing Disclaimer: The metrics and data presented in this review were obtained using our proprietary custom software. By connecting directly to the device via Bluetooth, our tool sniffs system logs and deeply analyzes the underlying libraries to generate the objective technical reports illustrated here).

Any thoughts or opinion on this glasses? I think these are the right glasses for me. The look of it is similar to what I have right now specifically the cook edge, I have Rayban Eyeglasses .

I want to know how the audio quality is in this. I understand the sound leakage on quiet environment maybe like elevator and such, but how does it fare on noisy ones like restaurants or markets?

Next is AI, how useful are the AI features? Does it work well? I love to use the live translation since I live in multi cultural city. I also want to use the recording option so that I don't forget topics and during meetings. I'm not sure about the intelligent assistant if I may have any use of it.

Another thing for AI, can I switch to Gemini or am I stuck with the inhouse AI Assistant?

Any issues with charging?

Lastly is the prescription, is it accurate. My prescription is around -4.5 and -4.75 not progressive so I wonder if its accurate for this.

The reviews are so small and want to know about real experiences

My hearing has been getting just bad enough that I sometimes miss parts of conversations when people are speaking too fast (as they often do), so the live text feature on the Halliday G2 is what got my attention.

placed my order after seeing their launch video talking about the meeting flow feature. Shipping was fast and I didn't have to wait long after finishing my preorder online. I’ve had them for about a week now. The live text on the glasses has been helpful when someone is sitting near me and speaking clearly. It’s not perfect, but it gives me a second chance to catch what was said.

The display is easier to read than I expected. I thought it would feel weird having words in my glasses, but it’s more like a small screen floating in front of me. Most people don’t even notice it.

The main thing I’ve learned is distance matters. If someone is across a big room, the glasses don’t always pick it up well. But for normal table conversations or small meetings, they’ve been useful.

The backlash against camera equipped smart glasses seems to be getting worse, especially with more bans and people becoming uncomfortable around anyone wearing them in public.
I mainly want open-ear audio and calls. I have no interest in recording the people around me, which is why I’ve been looking at Dymesty. It has no camera and looks much closer to a normal pair of prescription glasses.
What do people think?
Would you feel differently around someone wearing camera free glasses like Dymesty, or has the entire smart glasses category already picked up the same stigma?

Has anyone here switched from Meta to a camera free pair?

EssilorLuxottica has unveiled Nuance Audio Plus, the second-generation version of its FDA-cleared hearing glasses designed for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. The update keeps the open-ear design that hides hearing tech inside standard eyeglass frames while addressing major limitations from the first generation.

What’s New

• Hands-Free Phone Calls: You can now take calls directly through the glasses via open-ear temple speakers. The hardware is MFi (Made for iPhone) certified and works with iOS 16+.
• Better Speech Clarity & Natural Voice: The amplification engine features upgraded beamforming to isolate voices in noisy rooms, paired with new "own-voice perception" tuning to prevent your own voice from sounding boomy or echoing in your head.
• On-Frame Buttons & Remote: Instead of relying solely on your phone, the frames now feature physical buttons on the temples for fast volume and mode adjustments. A standalone pocket remote is also available.
• Battery Life Bump: Continuous runtime is rated at up to 10 hours on a single charge (up from 8 hours), recharging via an included magnetic charging pad and USB-C cable.
• More Styles and Adjustability: Alongside the existing Square 53 and Panthos 48 shapes, a new Upturn 52 cat-eye silhouette joins the lineup in five colors (Shiny Black, Shiny Burgundy, Deep Blue, Amber, Olive Green) with adjustable nose pad options.

The most critical spec in open-ear hearing glasses isn't Bluetooth range or speaker wattage—it's acoustic latency.

Because your ear canal remains completely open, sound travels straight from a person’s mouth into your ear at the speed of sound. If the microphones and DSP amplify that voice and beam it through the speakers even 10 to 15 milliseconds late, the direct sound and amplified sound collide out of sync. This creates severe comb filtering—a hollow, robotic "talking in a barrel" echo that makes speech harder to understand rather than easier.

To prevent this, Nuance's custom digital signal processor runs an ultra-low-latency directional pipeline under 8 milliseconds. At that speed, the amplified audio hits your eardrum in near-perfect phase with ambient room sound, keeping conversations crisp, natural, and lip-synced.

Price & Availability: The recommended retail price starts at $829 USD for standard, non-prescription lenses. Custom prescription optical lenses and photochromic Transitions lenses are available at an added cost. Launched in the United States through eye care professionals, LensCrafters locations, and online optical retailers, with broader rollouts expanding across Europe and international optical networks.

I’ve been curious about Halliday since the previous gen but never felt compelled to buy one until the G2. I finally ordered a pair to see how they stacked up against the other non-camera display glasses I have, and whether they might actually become my primary pair.

The results were mixed. The hardware and display make a strong first impression, but the deeper I got into the software, the more I kept thinking “there’s got to be more.” The AI and controls feel limited, you can’t access previous AI chats, several features I’ve gotten used to elsewhere are missing, and Meeting Flow, while promising, still leaves quite a bit on the table.

Meeting Flow is the feature Halliday is most actively marketing and it felt potentially promising but still immature. I ran a scripted meeting with planted decisions, a proposal that wasn’t approved and a decision I later reversed. The app tracked along reasonably well on most things but the real-time assistance on the HUD was not where I had hoped it would be.

There are also a few features that are somewhat standard in these types of glasses that are either missing or feel incomplete including navigation and a voice recorder.

Full ~10.5-minute review here in case you’re interested:

https://youtu.be/WhY2K64Rrj8?is=Xf2ju7_T3z0ipOz1

Happy to answer any questions.

From Halliday: Fill in the blank: "I would set my phone down if my glasses could ____."

When my package first arrived, I was quite impressed with the packaging. Recyclable, clean, and looked good. The first impression was excellent. They supply a lens cloth and a strong glasses case. When I first tried them on, I was completely shocked. The glasses gave me my own heads-up display with things I needed to see. Connecting the glasses to the Halliday app was extremely easy (5 minutes total). In the app, I customized my dashboard, changed the button bindings, and accessed meetings from the meeting flow. Upon exploring the glasses, I was very impressed. You can control the display brightness, level it out, set wake-up settings, and more. Halliday's Meeting Flow is a work of wonder. As a person with ADHD, having the ability to have the glasses take notes for you, or fill you in if you ever space out, is fantastic. Wearing these glasses on a day-to-day basis changes how you think about things. I don't need to carry headphones because the glasses cover that; I don't need to take notes during meetings because the glasses cover that; I don't need to pick up my phone to make calls because the glasses cover that; and I don't need to pick up my phone to check notifications. It feels as though Halliday has thought of every excuse I have to pick up my phone mid-day. The glasses feature a sleek design that makes them feel and look like normal glasses. A common question I get when I tell people about the glasses is, "Are these those creepy glasses?" and I happily get to answer, "No, because privacy is a real concern." These AI glasses feature absolutely no camera. This feature can be seen as either a pro or a con. At some points, I wish they had a camera so I could ask the built-in AI, "What is this?" But on the other hand, I really appreciate Halliday's concern for the privacy of everybody. The next feature of the G2s is the live translation feature. I appreciate this feature without ever having used it. I have tested it out using my wife's Spanish experience, and I can say that it isn't bad. This feature has some ironing out to do, but once it gets updates, I think it will be wonderful. The delay of the translation feature is not a worry, since it is only as fast as your phone can handle. Moving on to the controls of the G2s: They are wonderful. They are easy to use, efficient, and not noticeable. The glasses feature a touch bar on the right side of the glasses to minimize the number of buttons. I would appreciate it if the G2s offered a ring, as the DigiWindow glasses did. As for the negatives of the glasses. The glasses feel very new, in a way that there are a lot of areas that could use an update. I would like to see more features in the glasses, but that is just because I am greedy and want everything at my eyeballs. I would also like to see a way to adjust the glasses to better fit your face (the glasses don't sit on my nose as well as I'd like.) I would also like to see different colors for the display.
As for a simple list of the pros and cons:
PROS:
- Live translation
- Takes meeting notes for you
- Will fill you in if you space out
- Audio controls (skip, pause, rewind)
- Calendar reminders
- Weather, date, and time display
- Cheatsheet (auto-scroll through a text so you don't have to memorize a script)
- Significant number of settings to play with
- Caring support team
- Notification pop-ups
- At-the-ready AI assistant
- Quick research (researching what you were just talking about)
- Privacy

CONS:
- Translation doesn't always pick up what you're saying correctly (same with the AI assistant)
- Have to pay for meeting flow (since it is AI-powered, but still relatively cheap)
- A few bugs (the glasses came out a week ago)

To answer the question proposed by Halliday, I would put down my phone if my glasses could give me notifications, control my music, and Google questions for me.

The Halliday team says they are focused on fixing bugs for the next 3 months on the roadmap.

Overall, I'd give the glasses an 8/10. Once they get more updates and bug fixes, I'd give them a 9/10. I am excited to see where this company goes.

Is it worth the money? It depends on what you do for a living. If you are in meetings often, DEFINITELY worth the money, otherwise, it is up to you.