Halliday smart glasses: what they cost and what they do

1. What Halliday smart glasses are

Halliday smart glasses put a small display in your line of sight and pair with a phone app. They have no built-in camera, so they show text on the display and play audio, and they do not take photos or video. There are two generations. The original was covered at CES in January 2025, and TechCrunch (January 8, 2025) described a small module called the DigiWindow, mounted in the frame above the right eye. The second generation, the G2, was covered in July 2026 by Engadget (July 21, 2026) and The Gadgeteer (July 22, 2026), and puts a display in both lenses.

The homepage at hallidayglobal.com (checked October 31, 2026) describes the G2 and does not mention the original model. It pitches a feature set called Meeting Flow, and the page says translation and Meeting Flow work with more than 45 languages. Engadget’s write-up describes a meeting mode in which a series of AI agents analyze the conversation, the proactive assistant can answer questions, and a summary and transcript are delivered to the app afterwards. Meetings are a use Halliday pitches on its homepage.

2. How much do Halliday glasses cost?

Halliday’s G2 product page shows USD $599with the non-prescription lenses selected (checked October 31, 2026), and also lists single-vision and premium prescription lens options. The Gadgeteer (July 22, 2026) and Engadget (July 21, 2026) both give $599 as the retail price. Prescription choices and Halliday’s own offers change the total, and the wording about them differs between the homepage, the product page and its FAQ, so treat the total at Halliday’s own checkout as the real number.

The original model was priced differently. TechCrunch (January 8, 2025) reported $489 at full price, and Android Police (October 15, 2025) gave $499 at the time of its review. Early reservation terms for the G2 were also reported in July; the Halliday pages we read (checked October 31, 2026) do not repeat them, so check the site for what applies now.

Outside the US, Halliday’s shipping policy says international shipments may be subject to import duties, taxes and customs fees, which are the customer’s responsibility. The policy page (checked October 31, 2026) does not describe a shipping fee, so confirm that at checkout too.

3. Halliday G2 specs, as Halliday states them

Everything in this table comes from hallidayglobal.com and its G2 product page, read on October 31, 2026. We have not tested the glasses.

Two notes on reading it. A 12-hour “regular use” rating is the maker’s figure, and Android Police found the original’s battery life short of Halliday’s claim (below). And the display is listed as green at 600 × 300 pixels per eye, so it is a single-colour display. For how this display style compares with others, see our guide to smart glasses with a display.

4. The original Halliday glasses vs the G2

Search results mix the two, and the facts differ. Here is how the sources we read line them up.

5. Are Halliday glasses shipping, and where?

For non-prescription G2 orders, Halliday’s own pages (checked October 31, 2026) say yes. The homepage says the first batch, orders placed by September 15, began shipping on September 15, and that later non-prescription orders are expected to ship three days after ordering. The homepage says prescription orders were expected to start shipping in October, typically four to six weeks after ordering, and the product page repeats the four to six weeks. The banner says “first-batch shipping from September” without a year; Engadget and The Gadgeteer both reported in July that shipments were expected in September.

Delivery estimates differ by page. The product page says an order usually arrives within one to two weeks of shipping, while the shipping policy gives 8 to 15 business days for the US and Canada and 7 to 12 for Europe, and calls its estimates approximate. The policy lists countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania and tells buyers elsewhere to contact support. It also excludes military bases and P.O. boxes.

6. What outlets reported

We paraphrase each outlet and link it. Dates are publication dates.

• Android Police (Andy Boxall, October 15, 2025): 5/10, reviewing the original glasses. The reviewer liked the comfortable, light frame and its styling. The criticisms were the display, a small projector above the right-hand lens that you have to look up to see, and that glance up is noticeable to people around you, plus weak speakers, a hard-to-use smart ring, AI features that did not feel compelling, and battery life well short of Halliday’s claim. The reviewer wrote that they could not find a reason to put them on, and recommended the Ray-Ban Meta to readers who want to try smart glasses.
• Engadget (Daniel Cooper, July 21, 2026): news on the G2, not a test. Based on an interview with Halliday’s COO, it says the first model was almost universally panned and reports the COO admitting to many mistakes, including too little testing and inexperience with manufacturing, while still defending the original display choice as right for 2024. The writer disagreed on that point. It says the G2 puts waveguides in both lenses for a bigger field of view and better readability, and the writer hoped to test them before launch.
• The Gadgeteer (Vincent Nguyen, July 22, 2026): launch coverage of the G2. It lists the $599 hardware price, the camera-free design, the display specs, the 49 g weight against roughly 35 g for the first generation, and the AI plans covered below.

TechRadar and Tom’s Guide also appear in search results with pieces on Halliday’s glasses, but their pages did not load in full for us, so we do not summarise them. The sources we could read are the 2025 review of the first model and launch-stage coverage of the G2; none of them is a long-term test of a shipping G2. Newer reviews may exist, so search for one before you pay.

7. Subscriptions and credits

The Gadgeteer (July 22, 2026) reported that Halliday’s AI features run on separate plans: a free tier that caps recording at 120 minutes, and paid plans from $10 to $99 a month. Halliday’s homepage and G2 product page (checked October 31, 2026) do not describe plans or credits, and do not say whether the app needs a subscription. That gap matters because the sticker price may not be the full cost of using the AI features. Read the plan terms in Halliday’s app or site before you order. Our guide to smart glasses with no recurring fee explains where those fees usually sit.

8. Where OXIVUE fits, and where it does not

OXIVUE makes a different kind of glasses, so this is a short section. None of our frames has a display, so they cannot show captions or prompts in the lens. None takes prescription lenses, and none runs Meta AI. If what you want is a camera and open-ear audio rather than text in your eyeline, the M08 is $99 at checkout (listed $149) for one pair, with an 8 MP camera, open-ear directional speakers, about 42 g of weight and 7 hours of listening or 4 hours of calls. Translation across 40+ languages runs through the companion app; the translated audio is heard only by you, and the other person reads the reply on your phone. There is no subscription. Captures start only when you touch the temple, and you should ask before you record people. Two or more pairs in one order are 50% off all eyewear. Compare every frame on the comparison page, or read our Halliday alternatives guide for the display-versus-camera trade in more detail.

If a camera at the office is the problem, our guide to camera-free smart glasses for work covers the policy side, and the meetings guide covers capture and transcription.

9. Before you order a pair of Halliday glasses

• The total. Confirm the price at checkout, including any launch offer, prescription lens choice and shipping fee.
• The plan.Find the current subscription or credit terms for the AI features, since Halliday’s G2 page does not state them.
• The date. Check the shipping estimate for your country and for prescription lenses, which Halliday lists separately from non-prescription orders.
• The paperwork.Halliday lists a 12-month warranty. Read its shipping and return policies yourself, and remember that import taxes outside the US are the buyer’s to pay.
• The seller. Amazon and eBay listings for Halliday glasses appear in search results. We did not check them, so confirm the model, the seller and the warranty before you pay a third party.

Shipping, refunds and warranty.Free shipping from $99. US orders typically arrive in 5–9 business days. International orders take 9–14 business days after shipment. Import VAT or duties outside the US are paid by the recipient. No refunds except transit damage (replaced or refunded); faults are repaired or replaced under the 2-year warranty; change of mind and unmet expectations are not refundable. None of our frames take prescription lenses. Read the refund policy, the shipping policy and the warranty terms, or compare every model on the comparison page.

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