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!

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Hey everyone,

I’m currently waiting on my Even Realities glasses to arrive and super excited to try them out! Looking into the ecosystem, there’s one feature I’m really hoping to see added: Apple Watch integration.

Having a watchOS app or simple Siri Shortcuts support to wake the HUD, cycle modes, or start an AI note would be amazing. Reaching up to touch the frame isn't always subtle when you're in a meeting or have your hands full.

Leveraging a watch many of us already wear makes so much sense compared to adding another device like the R1 ring—which comes with another proprietary charger, another battery to charge daily, and another potential point of failure.

Even Realities team, if you’re listening: please consider Shortcuts integration! Being able to map a quick action to an Apple Watch Action Button to wake the display or trigger Quick Note would be incredible.

Would anyone else love to see wrist controls in a future update?

Hi guys , just wondering why no one came up with an idea to build a live lyric player app , so far I haven’t found anything good on EvenHub

Hi guys,

Following the recent threads about Even Realities' questionable warranty and customer service, I just thought I'd ask - what are you guys' thoughts about their long term durability?

On that thread plenty of people mentioned them breaking within a few months but obviously that doesn't mean everyone had the same experience.

Has anyone had these since launch or for more than 6-7 months to be able to comment on long term durability?

Thanks!

When I clean my lens very lightly with the cloth they squeak or make small noises like as if I happened to clean them as hard as I clean sunglasses they would just break in my hand. Does everyone feel this cheap?

I’ve seen a post saying someone rinses their underwater. I haven’t and won’t but I’m just scared these will just break in my hands. And I’m seeing a bunch of horror stories with even and their warranty, or lack there of. I have one more week to return them. I like them but they feel cheap, the lens that is. The frame feels good. Thanks

Curious what apps are good and what folks are actually using.

Navigaze is really good. There is a cogs glasses app that looks really good that i plan on trying. The Reddit browser is handy. I wish there was a food travel app that tracks status of my flight when boarding etc. i tried the flight aware one but it needs work. I tried iris it looks promising but really couldn’t see much from it when i used it. I’ll let it mature. Curious what you guys are playing with?

Building a plugin for the G2 and hit something I can't get around. Hoping someone has seen it.

What happens

Double-tap raises the OS exit confirmation. If I pick No and stay in the app, every image transfer from then on is refused. updateImageRawData returns sendFailed for every tile, every time. Text is completely unaffected: textContainerUpgrade and rebuildPageContainer keep working normally, so the rest of the app behaves as if nothing is wrong. Only images are dead.

Closing and reopening the plugin clears it every time. Nothing else does.

Repro

1. Open a page that has image containers and push an image. It draws fine.
2. Double-tap to trigger shutDownPageContainer(1).
3. Cancel the OS dialog.
4. Go back and push the same image again. sendFailed.

What I've tried, all still sendFailed

• Resending the tiles, with delays between them
• rebuildPageContainer then resending
• Rebuilding as a text-only page to drop the image containers entirely, then createStartUpPageContainer with fresh image containers, then resending
• Image sizes from 288x126 down to 32x32, so it isn't a size or payload problem

I also tried window.location.reload() on the cancel. That made it worse: the app comes back with no working page at all, and nothing responds, not even text. Looks like the host won't let a plugin that has asked to exit create a page again in the same run.

Questions

• Is there a way to reset the image pipeline from the SDK that I've missed? I don't see one on the bridge.
• Is there a supported way to detect that the exit was cancelled, rather than inferring it from the next event?
• Does shutDownPageContainer(0) avoid this? I'd rather not swap to it blindly since review specifically tests that double-tap raises the dialog.

SDK 0.0.13, simulator 0.8.0. The simulator refuses all image transfers regardless, so I can only reproduce this on hardware.

I came across a post here a few minutes ago that really caught me off guard. Maybe some of you have seen it already.

I was actually just about to buy a G2 myself. I’ve been thinking about getting one for a while, and at around $600, it’s obviously not exactly an impulse purchase. I was pretty much ready to pull the trigger … and then I came across that post. Timing lol

For anyone who hasn’t seen it: the OP had bought a G2 around six months ago and apparently had one of the hinges become loose after what sounds like a relatively minor bump/jerk. The arm was then moving vertically by around 20 degrees, making the glasses unusable. They contacted Even Reality customer service, and after almost two weeks of back and forth, they were told that, due to the structural nature of the damage, the unit couldn’t be repaired. The offered solution was a $10 discount (1.7%) on a new pair.

That honestly made me pause.

I’d really like to hear from people who actually own a G2, especially anyone who has had theirs for a while. How has your experience been with durability and customer service?

And if there are people here who owned the G1 and have been using Even Reality products for longer, I’d also be very interested in hearing your experience. Has the company generally been good about handling defects, repairs, replacements, etc.?

One thing I also started wondering about is the warranty. I initially assumed that some kind of warranty was simply included with the purchase, as is normally the case with an expensive electronic product. But apparently there may be some confusion around what exactly is covered and what happens if something goes wrong.

So, if I buy a G2 now and something stops working, what can I realistically expect? What if it’s a manufacturing defect? What if something breaks after a few months? And what if I simply decide that the product isn’t for me.. is there actually a standard return period?

I’m not trying to bash Even Reality here. I was genuinely excited about the G2 and still am. But seeing someone spend $600 on a pair of glasses that apparently cannot be repaired or reasonably replaced after damage definitely made me think twice.

So I’d really appreciate hearing from actual G2/G1 owners, particularly people who have had to deal with Even Reality customer service or warranty claims.

Hey all, I don't usually post on reddit, but felt like this is worth knowing if you're considering buying a G2. I bought mine about 6 months ago, was enjoying using them quite a bit, not life changing but neat.

Unfortunately, one of the hinges became loose, the casing looked like it was coming apart resulting in the arm swaying about 20 degrees vertically in both directions rendering it unusable. I'm not sure what happened, I must have bumped it or jerked on the arm or something, but not dramatically enough that I remember the event.

I emailed customer service. While polite, the process was very slow with back and forths for nearly two weeks before a resolution was ever offered. Finally, they offered a "solution"-- "Unfortunately, due to the structural nature of this specific damage, our engineers have confirmed that this unit cannot be repaired."

Well that's disappointing, perhaps they will offer a reasonable replacement fee? Nope. They offered me a 1.7% discount on a new pair. $10.

I wanted to support this company because I believed in their product, but if I'm wearing a $600 investment that can't be repaired when it's broken and has no reasonable way of replacing them without just buying a new one, I'm not sure if that's an investment I would have made in retrospect. Just my two cents.

if privacy is the biggest concern with smart glasses, wouldn’t it make more sense to avoid adding cameras in the first place，just like even g2?

You’ll have contact Even Realities to have the lens swapped. The glasses work fine but don’t fit my use case. In excellent condition. $400USD. DM me if interested

It's been 3.5 weeks and they still haven't shipped. So I'm curious about lead times others have experienced.

A little background about my history with even realities before I go into it. I've used the G1 starting since 2024. Never actually had a single problem with it. I mainly use it for routing notifications to my face which I think is fugging amazing and light-years ahead of current technology, I could care less about 90% of the other AI crap the glasses provides.

I was super estatic when G2 and R1 got announced, preordered both and got it on launch (relatively, there was issues with shipping and production, not sure if it's still an issue now)

I've used the R1 everyday to control the glasses and I feel like it's a nice evolution to the touchpads, I love this thing. But it starts to get annoying when you fight the glasses for control, let me explain:

Sometimes I walk outside and the sides of my head starts to sweat, the glasses just gets a sentient mind of its own. This is because of the sweat buildup on the side touching the touchpad and the glasses thinks it's me rapidly touching my head like an idiot. At that point I have no choice but to take the glasses off until it calms tf down for a bit. It also happens after a shower and my hair is wet, when I go to a humid area, and sometimes, when I just exist on this planet.

This was surprisingly never a problem on the G1. I don't know what changed on the touchpads but the ones on G2 are useless and terrible because this keeps happening. I thought I was crazy and switched to G1 for a few days. Never happened...

Would it be so hard to have the glasses recognize you are wearing the ring and it is actively being connected to just disabled glasses input...???

Am I crazy or is this happening to anyone else too????

I'm wondering if in normal brightness indoors if you can wear any of these clip ons and still see well, read books, or are some of them too dark? Do any of them do a good job of hiding the waveguide screens AND the green light?

As clickbaity as that title sounds, it's true. All these firmware updates that say they have improved the bluetooth stability and connectivity are full of crap, because the bluetooth connectivity and stability was never the problem. Hear me out.

When I got my G2 and R1 combo, I loved the hardware, loved the idea of what it should be able to do, but hated actually trying to use the janky, buggy, broken piece of crap. Like everyone else, I kept encountering endless disconnections, shitty AI, garbage-tier STT (speech to text) detection, janky software, unstable app, and all the rest.

So I decided to throw away Even Realities software entirely and make my own. Not using their SDK to create an app within their app, but to control the G2 entirely.

First, I spent a ridiculous amount of time and effort reverse-engineering the bluetooth signals the app uses to control the glasses and ring. I used BT Snoop and wrote a few custom apps in the SDK to allow me to test every single thing the G2 is capable of and document every bluetooth signal it corresponds to, as well as all keepalive signals and everything else. This documentation is here: https://github.com/expectbugs/G2CC/blob/master/docs/G2_BLE_PROTOCOL.md

With that in hand, I built a project I call G2 Control Center, starting with an Android app that replaces the Even Realities app entirely (I uninstalled it) and controls the G2 directly via bluetooth, and is a lot more strict and clean with the signals than the official app is. The app acts as a bridge or harness, it merely takes the content pushed from my home PC (over wifi or cellular) and serves it to the G2. On my Home PC the main system runs, where I build a whole OS (or rather a Window Manager) that has everything I want my G2 to be able to do, with a Display Renderer, image conversion to the 4bpp greyscale G2 image format, and everything else. Including a mirror so I can see (and control) the output in both the bridge app and on my PC directly, mirroring what the G2 displays, for testing and also for using the system while the G2 is charging.

First it was a simple format, menu to the left and content area to the right, but I didn't like how much space the menu on the left ate up, so eventually I redesigned it to a ribbon menu at the top, taking one line (with a clock permanently on the top right), and the full-width content area below it. My system, at this point, is incredibly feature-filled, with ereader, file manager, music player, several games, terminals (using tmux for portability), browsing, voice recognition (with QUALITY speech-to-text powered by my full PC), AI features (with QUALITY AI powered by my full PC), and lots lots more.

https://preview.redd.it/3o5wj500o6jh1.png?width=2304&format=png&auto=webp&s=c233bf6ca6f77e1529f6f7f6e89013ba0e939fff

The entire system is open source on my github here: https://github.com/expectbugs/G2CC

Here's the kicker though, that justifies the title of this post: There are NO connection issues. NONE. One of the things I learned while doing this, is that the G2's go-to reaction when it receives any sort of signal it doesn't understand, or anything out of bounds, or anything not timed correctly, is to puke out a disconnection message and give up. That's just what it does. Once I ironed out all the bugs in my bridge app, I NEVER saw a disconnect again. I work in a steel mesh manufacturing plant, basically worst-case-scenario for bluetooth connections, full of wire mesh and massive industrial machines and forklifts and a hundred competing bluetooth and wifi signals from a hundred workers bluetooth speakers and earbuds and phones and more. I used to think that was why I would get disconnected so often. I was wrong. It was 100% buggy software in the official Even app. That's it. Once I dropped the app, months ago, I have not been disconnected ONCE, ever. Except, of course, when legit walking waaay out of range of my phone.

Better still, since the system runs on my home PC, every single app within my system is always running, full persistence. Switching from one to another is akin to ALT+TAB on a PC, no loading, no starting over, exactly where I left off. If I close the app and disconnect the glasses intentionally, the moment I reconnect I'm exactly where I was before, like turning off and on my computer monitor without touching the PC.

My program was made for me, using Linux, so unless you're a Linux user and rather savvy with things like tailscale and the like, you wont be able to use it as-is. However, the Bluetooth protocol I documented can be used to make your own, and it proves the G2 bluetooth connection is rock solid. I have not updated my firmware in months, and I use the G2 every day, and I never ever see that damned disconnection message. So all these firmware updates bragging about improved bluetooth connection are garbage. The firmware was never the problem, the app is.

I hope this helps somebody.

Looking for a size 14 ring. Don't need charger

Update to one of my post where I was told the glasses would take anywhere between 4-6 weeks to arrive. I know it’s only a little over two weeks, but is it normal for the glasses to still be in processing and not ship out yet?

My prescription is on the higher end (-4.00, -3.75 with cyl)

The wait is killing me 😕