# Halliday rebuilds smart glasses around meetings > Source: > Published: 2026-07-21 16:23:11+00:00 Halliday's first-generation glasses drew praise in demos for an optical display that required no in-lens projection, but a disappointing launch prompted a complete pivot for the successor model. On Tuesday, the company announced its Halliday G2 AI smart glasses, which aim to offer AI assistance to working professionals, a pivot from focusing on a general consumer target audience in the first glasses unveiled last year at CES 2025. At launch, the core of Halliday G2 is found in Meeting Flow, which focuses on live-meeting capabilities such as live captions, translations, transcripts, summaries, and more. “AI has transformed how people write, research, plan and summarize, but the most important moments still happen live, in meetings, client conversations and the social interactions that shape everyday life,” said Carter Hou, COO and Co-Founder of Halliday, in the release. Halliday also pivoted away from last year's DigiWindow display, a tiny projector module hidden inside the top of the frame that beamed a small, green monochrome image directly into your right eye. Instead, the G2 glasses have switched to waveguide in-lens displays that feature dual micro-LED projectors (up to 1,600 nits), which sit in an upper-field position to keep info glanceable without breaking immersion. In a brief hands-on demo, this placement stood out as different from competitors like the Even Realities G2, which display straight ahead, and instead echoed the original Halliday glasses' upward-glance design. Other specifications include: **Microphones**: 4-mic array that offers up to 2-meter voice recognition** Battery life**: Halliday claims 12 hours of typical use** Weight**: Under 50 grams** Speakers**: While the release doesn't include specifics, during my demo the audio was a crucial component of the hands-off experience Notably, the glasses omit cameras, and the company claims it was done purposefully to make them suitable for work environments to avoid having coworkers fear being recorded and to comply with company security protocols. This is especially pertinent as Meta's AI glasses [continue to face backlash](https://futurism.com/future-society/backlash-meta-pervert-glasses-afraid) over privacy concerns. Other workplace-focused AI meeting features include Thread Tracker, Decision Confirmation and Commitment Check, which are meant to help users stay with the conversation. The non-meeting features include real-time translation in over 45 languages, notifications, phone calls, music, teleprompter, and the Halliday AI Assistant. At the time of my demo, most of those capabilities were still in beta, so I am not going to comment on those features yet. However, I was able to try them on and can say that they felt light and comfortable. Yet, like most smart glasses, they appear visually chunkier, which makes them look like smart glasses. That could be a personal perception. You can decide from the photos. The glasses will retail for $599, with shipping expected in September. If interested, you can [reserve the glasses today](https://www.hallidayglobal.com/) for a $10 deposit, securing a $100 discount on the final retail price. ## Our Deeper *View* It is interesting to see a hardware AI product follow the same path as many software companies by pivoting to focus on professionals and the enterprise. The decision makes sense, since workers invest in products that can boost their productivity and, as a result, are willing to spend money and commit to using the products. However, the challenge is that many non-enterprise products such as Even G2 can offer many of the same features, such as meeting summaries, teleprompters, notifications, translation, and more. Those also have the bonus of name recognition and interoperability with devices users already have. Plus, big names such as Samsung and Google are preparing to [enter the market](https://www.thedeepview.com/articles/google-s-ai-glasses-look-ready-to-take-the-lead), making it even harder to compete.