Even Realities Glasses Review

Hey guys, I've been super hyped for these glasses. Here is my review. Prior to this, I had not been wearing glasses at all. My job is a Software Engineer (I'll show how it relates). I used the free STL kit and 3D printed it (provided by the Even Realities support team) to measure the size of my ring prior to ordering. They were quick and very helpful with their reply.

Unboxing

It arrived in two separate boxes: one for the ring and one for the glasses. The unboxing was a great experience, very seamless and easy to understand. It sort of felt Apple-ish, with the pull tabs to unbox things. Not quite as premium as Apple, more like somewhere between Apple and Razer.

Setup Process

I installed the Even Realities mobile app, made an account, plugged in the devices to their chargers, and paired them. It took a while for the firmware updates, but overall it was a 10/10 experience, very seamless.

First Time Wearing

It was crazy, to say the least. It felt like a glimpse of the future. It met my expectations. This tech is one of the things I've been looking forward to for quite a while. It was a genuinely cool experience. I let my family members and friends try it on and they were all shocked. Absolutely insane.

User Experience

The gesture navigation on the ring takes a while to get used to. You have to tilt it inward toward your palm so you have a bigger surface area to navigate on. The trackpad on the glasses is much better; however, having the ring makes it so much easier and more intuitive to use. Navigating around the glasses is simple too, and looking up shows you your dashboard.

Build Quality (Hardware)

This is one of the best-built glasses I've held, hands down. Nothing feels cheap or plasticky, everything feels solid. These would probably be on par with other high-quality, expensive glasses, or maybe even better. That wasn't a surprise, since the CEO of Even Realities used to be a hardware engineer. The ring is solid too, feels like an Oura Ring. I wouldn't be surprised if they use the same manufacturer.

The charging case itself feels good. It feels a bit cheaply made with the leather covering. I think it's vegetable leather, though I'm not sure. It keeps a charge, so I can just place the glasses in it to charge.

They're essentially competing with the Meta display glasses, and Google is set to release one soon too. One thing I really appreciate is that these have no cameras.

Actually Using It

Waking Up

I now reach for these instead of my phone. During my morning routine, while drinking coffee, I use them to scroll the news and notifications, which has helped me feel more present and calmer in the mornings. No more doomscrolling. My phone screen time has gone down overall, and I'm able to focus longer without accidentally opening another app. I charge the glasses at night.

The Even AI felt like an afterthought (more on that later). The killer features are the notifications, the teleprompter, and Conversate. In a meeting, I pasted my notes into the teleprompter and it followed along very well. I didn't even have to look at my computer for notes anymore. I've noticed the ring disconnects sometimes in places with low connectivity, which is odd. Why would the ring disconnect but not the glasses? I think another Redditor mentioned it has to do with the Even Realities app.

Conversate

This was amazing. When talking with friends about topics like science, economics, or financial markets with niche terminology, the AI shows a brief summary in a popup, and you click it once to see it. It gives you a better understanding of what the speaker is saying instead of getting lost. Once you end Conversate, it saves the transcription, concepts, and important notes, which I find very useful. I found it a bit distracting at first, but positioning the screen higher helped it stop interfering with being present in the conversation. I also found out it auto-translates other languages, which is also cool.

Even AI

I'm referring to when you say "Hey Even." I felt this was very poorly executed, like LLMs were back in 2024. It doesn't retain a memory of what you talked about or any context. For example: "Hey Even, show me some recipes to bake a cake," then "show me some other ones" and it completely forgets you asked about cake recipes. Even when asking it to add something to my quick notes, it'll say something like "I don't have access to your notes." You have to rephrase it so it actually knows to place it in your quick notes. It's still helpful if you need to ask it one question, but for the next question you have to repeat the entire context so the LLM knows what to give you.

Terminal Mode

This works fine. It currently only supports Claude Code and Codex. Claude Code in terminal mode is still using Opus 4.6 for some reason. Maybe the software engineering team forgot to update it. The thing I hate most is having to open my phone and switch to terminal mode. Doing this locks you out of the other features on the glasses, which is baffling considering there are EvenHub apps that let you open things straight from the glasses. On top of that, if you use the glasses this way, the chat you have with them won't show up in the Claude Code conversation itself. For example: I'm at my desk coding, I go out for lunch, open terminal mode, use it there, then come back, and my Claude Code chat won't show the conversation I had with the glasses, so I don't fully remember where to continue from. Very half-baked, coming from the Even team.

EvenHub

I built myself an app that lets me view my server logs/loads, btop/htop, Cloudflare analytics, etc. This is great and very useful when I'm out and about and want to know what's going on.

EvenHub apps, on the other hand, are not very user-friendly. Most require you to download another app, get an authentication key, etc. That's fine with me, but probably not for the general public who aren't very tech-savvy. Most of the apps felt vibe-coded and were frustrating to use. Some things don't make sense at all. It felt like someone learning to code made an app for people who actually use these things. Some apps are great, but most are genuinely horrible. Super confusing, and it feels like someone just plugged in Codex or Claude Code and asked it to make an app, even for the popular ones.

Future of Even Realities

I chose to buy these glasses because I'm aligned with the company. I looked at their YouTube and marketing and decided to support them over a different brand. Even Realities has now reached a valuation of $1B after raising money. I do hope they make better products going forward. However, I've found out (via their Discord) that they stopped supporting the Even R1 glasses, which were only released about a year ago. I'm sure all G1 owners have a very bitter taste in their mouths. The Even team has said they won't release another pair of glasses until next year. The CEO has said they'll offer a trade-in program for the G2s, and I do hope he's a man of his word.

The hardware is great, end of story. I'm sure a lot of people who wear glasses would appreciate the build quality. The software, on the other hand, has a big dissonance with the hardware. They should hold off on releasing another product until their software catches up. It's far from a great experience. I'd call it "okay" at best. This whole "move fast and break things" pivot to AI is clearly showing. We're also paying $800+ for a product, which is expensive, and the software currently doesn't command the value being asked for. I expected a great terminal mode experience since it was heavily advertised. Is this really it? Just AI slop going in?

Durability

I feel like the glasses are very well built, but there have been a lot of posts about durability issues, so I'm worried mine won't even last a year. Paying close to a thousand dollars, you'd expect it to last two-plus years at least. Their G1 glasses were only released about a year ago before they released the G2s, so they've probably not fully tested the durability of the screen and battery yet (not the frames, those seem fine). Meta's glasses have a lot of durability issues too. Still, I do hope these last.

Repairability

I'm not sure if they have a repair service yet, but I hope so. The glasses look like they'd have easy repairability. There's a YouTube video tearing them down. Very simple components, though a lot of things were glued together. The battery just needs a swap at the temple tips if it dies out.

Would I Recommend It?

Yes, very much so, if you:

• Are a professional with a lot of meetings
• Talk about complex things with people
• Give a lot of presentations or speeches
• Are a software engineer
• Are tech-savvy

Is the tech genuinely mind-blowing? Yes. It felt like when the iPhone came out. I'm very happy with my purchase so far, one of the more exciting products I've used in the past few years. Your phone can basically do everything the glasses can, but the glasses let you be more present in the moment. I don't mind the rough edges. I can deal with the software issues and the EvenHub apps, but I'm sure most other people wouldn't be as tolerant of them. I hope this helps any future buyers.

If you do have any questions let me know!