There is a new A pair of cameraless smart glasses in the city: the Halliday G2, designed for listening to workplace meetings, absorbing what’s happening and summarizing all the interesting parts, as if they were always-listening wearable devices. Halliday says the microphones can be turned on for meetings, using AI voice commands, or making phone calls, but turned off when not in use.

They are normal-looking glasses, designed to integrate into a professional environment, that is, without cameras. They cost $599, with first shipments scheduled for September 2026. There are paid subscription tiers for AI services ranging from $10 a month to $99, but users can choose a free tier that offers 120 minutes of recording time.

It is possible that some of your competitors do not perform well with Halliday glasses. Smart glasses brand Even Realities launched its G2 glasses late last year, proudly focusing on the lack of cameras in its glasses; Halliday’s G2 shares the same name and channels the same mantra, not to mention a striking resemblance. (In both cases, G2 is short for Generation 2, so it indicates the stage of the device, not necessarily a specific brand.)

Building smart glasses without cameras seems to be increasingly popular. The market is still dominated by Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, even though they have earned the nickname “kinky glasses” because the device’s built-in cameras have been abused to capture photos and videos of people (mostly women) without them realizing it. Eager to differentiate themselves, some companies have launched ways to cover their cameras or, like Even Realities and now Halliday, are omitting them altogether. Still, those glasses are used to record the audio around you.

Photography: Courtesy of Halliday

In its press release, Halliday says that unlike smart glasses with cameras, the G2 is intended to be “a professional tool for real-world work and social environments. Without a camera, the glasses are better suited for meetings, client conversations, secure workplaces, and other spaces where recording devices may not be welcome.”

Aside from that recognition, Halliday’s G2 glasses do not have an indicator light or other method to inform people around the user that the glasses are recording audio. Portable devices like Bee’s Pioneer emit a light to indicate that they are recording, although the device is so dark that most people still don’t notice.

“The user must inform the room that recording is in progress, as required by any other recording device,” a Halliday media contact wrote in response to WIRED’s questions.