Real-time translation
Hear them in your language.
Glasses that play the other person’s words in your language, in your ear, while you keep eye contact. Only you hear it; the free app shows both sides as text. No subscription. From $149.
Travel
Order like you live there.
The market stall, the taxi negotiation, the menu with no photos. Their words arrive in your ear in your language; you answer in yours. The phone stays in your pocket — which is also where the 8 MP camera earns its place, catching the trip at eye level instead of through a held-up screen.
Conversation
Two people. Two languages. Eyes up while you listen.
Translation apps keep a phone between two faces for every sentence. Glasses take the listening half off the screen: open-ear speakers play the translation quietly to you — only you hear it — while the other person keeps speaking normally. The app shows both sides as text, so when you reply you can turn your phone toward them. While you listen, you keep the thing machines usually take away — eye contact.
Work
The meeting where everyone’s fluent.
Suppliers, clients, a parent-teacher evening in your second language — the places where nuance matters and a phone on the table feels wrong. A 41–52 gram frame does it hands-free. We wrote an honest guide to recording & transcribing meetings — including the etiquette and the legal lines.
The number that decides it
A handful of languages isn’t translation.
The big-tech tier launched its translation with a handful of European languages. If your family, your suppliers, or your next trip live outside that list, the feature might as well not exist. OXIVUE frames translate 40+ languages on the M08 family and 139 on the M14 — both ways, through the free companion app.
Before you buy
- Translation needs a data connection — budget for roaming or a local eSIM abroad.
- There is a beat of delay; it feels like consecutive interpretation, not dubbing. What the delay really feels like, and how seven translation glasses compare.
- Language counts differ by frame — 40+ on the M08 family, 139 on the M14. Check the frame page for yours.
Pick your frame
Free shipping from $99 · 2-year warranty against defects · Full spec comparison
Questions people actually ask
How many languages do OXIVUE glasses translate?
It depends on the frame: the M08 family (M08, M02C, M08C) translates 40+ languages; the M14 covers 139 through the same free companion app. Translation runs both ways in the app — you hear their words in your language through open-ear audio while they keep speaking normally, and the app shows both sides as text so you can show your screen to them. Only the wearer hears the audio.
Do translation glasses need an internet connection?
Yes. Real-time translation runs through the companion app and needs a data connection, so budget for roaming or a local eSIM when you travel. There is no subscription — the connection is the only ongoing requirement.
Does the other person hear the translation too?
No — only the wearer hears the audio. You wear the frame; the other person just speaks, and their words play in your language through the open-ear speakers at your ears. The free app on your phone shows both sides of the conversation as text, so for your side you can turn the screen toward them. You keep eye contact while you listen, which is the point of putting translation in glasses.
Which OXIVUE frame is best for translation while travelling?
The M02C at $159 is the travel pick: it adds IP65 water resistance for weather and covers 40+ languages at 41 grams. If you want the widest language coverage, the M14 at $199 covers 139 languages in a wrap-around sports shield. Both carry the same 2-year warranty against defects.
Do I need a social-platform account or subscription?
No. OXIVUE frames pair with the free companion app — no social-platform account, no subscription, and your conversations aren't routed through a social network's cloud.