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The EU data-protection body EDPB adopted Statement 1/2026 on 13 October. The worry is camera glasses that look like ordinary glasses. It touches schools, hospitals, and how recording is signaled.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
The official product page, the spec sheet, and the support Q&A. What goes out is green text in both eyes, and there is no speaker. What comes in is the microphone, and there is no camera. The ring is the part you use so you do not have to touch the glasses.
SmartGlasses.fyi · NaokiApp Store 2.4.0 and the privacy notice effective 30 Oct 2026. Knowledge Base only takes conversation records and files you add. Same direction as RayNeo iO Life Log: record, then use later.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
On sale 13 October. Weight 43 g. Up to 12 hours on a charge. Up to 6 hours of continuous playback. Clubmaster and Burbank. For people who want audio only, without taking photos.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
Snap sponsors it and Devpost runs it. Submissions run from 15 October, 10:00 a.m. ET, to 9 November, 5:00 p.m. ET. Judging is 10–17 November. Prizes total $2,500. You submit a Lens that runs in the Lens Studio preview.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
Google announced that orders had opened on 28 October. A set of glasses and a small box at the end of a cable. Japan opens on 2 November. Through the end of the year, pricing starts at $1,099.
SmartGlasses.fyi · NaokiAnnounced on 30 October 2026. The film shows a pre-meeting check, live translation, and a presentation script. No camera. It also mentions the tax-included 114,800 yen G2 and Brown 2.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
jig.jp’s 20 October announcement and the official manual. General sales started on 27 October at 84,000 yen before tax. The display is green text for the right eye, and there is no camera. Whether it can replace a daily pair that reads notifications in both eyes is something to check in a store.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
The Subvocal Company, YC F26. Glasses that turn silent mouth movement into text. US preorders, a $199 deposit, $499 early, with shipping expected in Q1 2027.
SmartGlasses.fyi · NaokiOfficial blog dated 26 Oct 2026. Tortoise-shell Brown 2, polarizing clip, and chain. Display role unchanged. US prices: $649, $149, $79.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
China announcement on 27 October 2026. Monochrome Glasses 2, full-color Color, and a Ring you operate with a finger. Released for China; the global edition is CES 2027. No Japan release date yet.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
The state education department announced the policy on 20 October 2026. It takes effect in government schools on 27 January 2027. The definition is glasses that can send or receive digital information. A camera is not a condition.
SmartGlasses.fyi · Naoki
South Korea’s education ministry plans to refer AI-glasses cheating at the Nov. 19 CSAT for criminal charges and lengthen the exam ban from one year to three. Each test site will get a designated inspector, backed by a rapid-response network.
Yonhap News Agency · Kim Seonghun
Schools in the Australian state of Victoria have restricted the use of smart glasses. Gizmodo Japan carries a translation of the Gizmodo US story.
Gizmodo Japan
XREAL AURA, the XR glasses built with Google, has moved from reservations to general orders, with a U.S. price starting at USD 1,099 through year-end. Japan sales begin Nov. 2.
Mogura VR
WIRED’s Boone Ashworth spent a short session with Snap Specs at a public event in Los Angeles and writes about a workout Lens and the controls. The article contains affiliate links.
WIRED · Boone Ashworth
Jason Hiner of The Deep View used Halo for more than a week. He also asked Brilliant Labs CEO Bobak Tavangar how the glasses were designed around openness and privacy.
The Deep View · Jason Hiner
Version 2.4.0 for Even G2 adds Knowledge Base, which carries selected conversation records into later sessions, plus Conversate Pro Mode and changes to voice interaction. The article contains affiliate links.
9to5Google · Andrew Romero
Rokid announced three devices at Rokid Jungle 2026. Alongside an update to the display-equipped Glasses 2, the full-color Color glasses pair with Ring for input.
TMTPost · Kechuang Dianliang
Even Realities added a tortoiseshell Brown 2 colorway to Even G2. The polarized clips and chain released alongside it fit both Frame A and Frame B.
Even Realities · Business Wire