Key Points
- Brilliant Labs has launched a new pair of AI-powered smart glasses called Halo.
- The glasses feature a built-in AI assistant named “Noa” that can understand what it sees and hears.
- A “Narrative” memory system is supposedly capable of remembering details from conversations for years.
- The glasses are very lightweight (40 grams) and promise a 14-hour battery life. Pre-orders are open now for $299, with shipping set for late November.
Brilliant Labs, the startup behind the open-source Frame smart glasses, has launched a new pair called Halo. These new wayfarer-style glasses are all about artificial intelligence and promise to deliver a natural, intuitive AI assistant right in your field of vision.
The company is packing a lot of tech into a surprisingly small package. The Halo glasses weigh only 40 grams and include a camera, microphone, bone-conduction speakers, and a color OLED display, all while promising 14 hours of battery life. However, unlike some other smart glasses, the display projects into your peripheral vision rather than directly onto the lens.
The star of the show is “Noa,” Brilliant Labs’ custom-built AI agent. The company claims Noa will be able to understand what it hears and sees, allowing it to have conversations that feel like you’re “speaking with a real person.” The glasses will also feature “Narrative,” an agentic memory system that can supposedly remember details from conversations years later.
Of course, a pair of glasses that are constantly recording audio and video will raise serious privacy concerns. Brilliant Labs says all interactions will be private by default, and users will have detailed privacy controls. Still, the idea of having a database of everything you do is sure to make some people uneasy.
Pre-orders for the Halo glasses are open now for $299, with shipping expected to begin in late November 2025. Prescription lenses will also be available.
