00:00I'm not a fan of camera-less smart glasses, but the Rayneo I.O. could convince me that I'm wrong.
00:04Here at E for 2026, I've taken them for a spin, and the glasses boast some solid features like
00:09fluid real-time translations and captions, a near-invisible display, and a lightweight
00:13design you can wear all day with a battery that'll last for hours on end. This will be useful for
00:18the
00:18standout tool, Livelock. Microphones capture your day's events and meetings to create real-time
00:22summaries of what happened, like a diary. It certainly seems handy for folks with a busy
00:26schedule and lots to remember, and to combat privacy concerns, Rayneo stressed that it's
00:30all handled on-device, and that no recordings are stored whatsoever. There's also Live AI
00:35Conversation Assistance, which sees the AI suggest prompts for what to say next based on the conversation
00:40you've had so far, and what the AI knows about you and the person you're speaking to. Though the
00:44examples of it being used on a date or job interview didn't convince me it's not slightly dystopian.
00:49That aside, a big hardware feature is the Digital Crown, which lets you engage with the glasses
00:53software without needing your phone in your hand, a major advantage over some similar smart specs.
00:58However, the phone app, when I did use it, was clean, snappy, and very usable. Again, something
01:03that should be standard, but is actually a major win for Rayneo compared to its rivals. At $499,
01:09they're pretty pricey, but if you want more privacy-focused smart specs, Rayneo says these could be for you.
01:15I'm still not 100% convinced, but I've loved Rayneo's other tech, and I can't wait to give these a
01:19proper try.
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