Halliday’s new Smart Glasses Skip the Camera

There is something new smart glasses without a camera in town: the Day G2designed to listen to work meetings, listen to what happens, and summarize all the interesting aspects, as well clothing that listens all the time. Halliday says the mics can be turned on for meetings, using AI voices, or on phone calls, but turned off when not in use.

They are normal-looking glasses, designed to fit into the workplace, as they do not have cameras. It costs $599, with the first shipments scheduled for September 2026. There are paid subscription levels for AI services that range from $10 per month to $99, but users can choose a free level that provides 120 minutes of recording time.

Halliday glasses can’t quite compete with one of their competitors. The Smart Even Realities brand of glasses launched its own G2 glasses at the end of last year, proudly looking at lack of cameras in his eyes; Halliday’s G2 shares the same name and the same mechanisms, not to mention the striking similarities. (In both cases, G2 is short for Generation 2, so it indicates the stage of the device, not the brand name.)

The development of smart glasses without cameras seems to be gaining momentum. The market is still dominated by Meta Ray-Ban smart sunglasseseven if they got “distorting mirrors“The moniker because the cameras built into the device have been abused to take photos and videos of people (especially women) without their knowledge. In order to distinguish themselves, some companies have deployed methods hide their camerasor, like Even Realities and now Halliday, skipping them altogether. However, those glasses are still recording the sounds around you.

Photo: Courtesy of Halliday

In his press release, Halliday says that unlike smart glasses with built-in cameras, the G2 is meant to be “a professional tool for real-world tasks and social media.

That admission aside, Halliday’s G2 glasses don’t have a light or other way to let the wearer know that the glasses are recording sound. Sound equipment like Bee pioneer they emit a light to indicate that they are recording, although the device is so obscure that most people will not notice it.

“The user must disclose the room where the recording is taking place, as is required with any other recording device,” Halliday’s press secretary wrote in response to questions from WIRED.