There’s a new pair of camera-less smart glasses in town: the Halliday G2, designed to listen to workplace meetings, absorb what happens, and summarize all the interesting bits, much like always-listening wearables. Halliday says the mics can be turned on for meetings, using AI voice commands, or making phone calls, but switch off when not in use.
They’re normal-ish looking glasses, meant to blend into a professional environment, namely by not having cameras on them. They cost 599,withfirstshipmentsplannedforSeptember2026.TherearepaidsubscriptiontiersfortheAIservicesthatrangefrom10 per month to 99,butuserscanchooseafreetierthatoffers120minutesofrecordingtime.Halliday’sglassesmightnotbemetwellbyoneofitscompetitors.SmartglassesbrandEvenRealitieslaunchedits[G2glasses](https://www.wired.com/review/even−realities−g2/a)latelastyear,proudlyfocusingonthe[lackofcameras](https://www.wired.com/story/even−realities−even−g2−smart−glasses−and−even−r1−smart−ring/)initseyewear;Halliday’sG2sharesthesamenameandchannelsthesamemantra,nottomentionastrikingresemblance.(Inbothcases,G2isshortforGeneration2,soit′sindicatingthestageofthedevice,notnecessarilyaspecificbrandname.)Buildingsmartglasseswithoutcamerasseemstobegrowingmorepopular.ThemarketisstilldominatedbyMeta’s[Ray−Bansmartglasses](https://www.wired.com/review/ray−ban−meta−gen−2−glasses/),eventhoughthosehavegarneredthe“[pervertglasses](https://www.wired.com/story/the−rise−of−the−ray−ban−meta−creep/)”monikerbecausethedevice’sbuilt−incamerashavebeenabusedtocapturepicturesandvideoofpeople(mostlywomen)withoutthemrealizingit.Eagertodifferentiate,somecompanieshaveshippedwaysto[coveruptheircameras](https://www.wired.com/story/these−new−smart−glasses−from−solos−come−with−a−privacy−shield−for−the−cameras/),or,likeEvenRealitiesandnowHalliday,areskippingthementirely.Still,thoseglassesareall−inonrecordingtheaudioaroundyou.Initspressrelease,Hallidaysaysthatunlikesmartglasseswithcamerasinthem,theG2ismeanttobe“aprofessionaltoolforreal−worldworkandsocialenvironments.Withnocamera,theglassesarebettersuitedformeetings,clientconversations,secureworkplaces,andotherspaceswhererecordingdevicesmaybeunwelcome.”Thatacknowledgementaside,Halliday’sG2glassesdonothaveanindicatorlightorothermethodtoinformpeoplearoundthewearerthattheglassesarerecordingaudio.Wearabledeviceslike[Bee’sPioneer](https://www.wired.com/story/bee−ai−omi−always−listening−ai−wearables/)emitalighttoindicatetheyarerecording,thoughthedeviceissoobscurethatmostpeoplemaystillnotrealize.“Theusershoulddisclosetotheroomthattherecordingisinprogress,asitisrequiredbyanyotherrecordingdevice,”wroteaHallidaymediacontactinresponsetoquestionsfromWIRED.TheG2saretheseconditerationofHalliday’sglasses.Thecompanyintroduceditsfirstpairat[CES2025](https://www.wired.com/gallery/ces−2025−photo−gallery−day−2/),whichreceivedmixedreviewsandwoundupinthe“Don’tBother”categoryofWIRED’s[smartglasses](https://www.wired.com/gallery/best−smart−glasses/)guide.TheyhavealsogarneredcriticismonsiteslikeRedditandhadtofieldlotsoffrustrationontheoriginal[Kickstarter−backed](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/halliday−ai−glasses/halliday−proactive−ai−glasses−with−invisible−display/comments)versionofitsdevice.Hallidayisbackforroundtwo,aimingtoboostthespecs—andtheprice—ofitspreviousoffering.TheG2glassesareaimedsquarelyat“high−performanceprofessionals”likefounders,CEOs,orreallyanyonewithenoughdisposablecashtocopapairof600 glasses for their meetings.
The glasses have a display field toward the top of the lens, meaning the wearer can look up to see text on the screen. Microphones embedded in the frame listen to what’s happening nearby and can translate spoken language into text subtitles right in the wearer’s field of vision. It’s a handy use case that, in theory, can be a great tool for helping hard-of-hearing or deaf people capture conversations. Halliday says the display can also handle translation in 45 languages and notifications for messages and phone calls.
Halliday’s focus for its G2 glasses is on the meeting room. Like a bevy of other AI-powered note-taking devices, the goal is to have a device that can listen in and track all the details your coworkers are going on about.
It’s powered by the company’s AI recording and transcription service, called Meeting Flow. The mics on the glasses listen in on a meeting, and then the AI helps organize and summarize what people are saying. Some of those insights will pop up on the display so the wearer can see them mid-meeting. After the meeting ends, Meeting Flow aims to summarize, transcribe, and pull out what it figures are the most pertinent topics from the conversation.
Halliday says the AI is specifically focused on the important bits of a meeting, keeping track of the topics even if people wander off course. Features called Thread Tracker, Decision Confirmation, and Commitment Check aim to sort the useful stuff into an overall view of what was said. Full transcripts and post-meeting summaries are available in a companion app.
There are features built into the device to make it blend into the background, like a “Stealth mode” that automatically reduces the display’s light in dark rooms so as not to distract the wearer or others around. A teleprompter mode called Cheatsheet keeps bullet-point-style reminders of what the AI deems important details of your day on the screen for easy access. (Anduril founder Palmer Luckey has said he has used a similar function in Even Realities’ G2 glasses to help him stay on track during a TED talk.)
The smart glasses market is getting more refined, with smaller companies entering the second iteration of their product lifecycles. They’re aiming to establish some foothold before the giant tech companies, like Samsung, Google, and Apple, move in and sweep up most of the market.
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