- Xiaomi announced smart glasses
- They share many similarities with the goal rays, even with a similar price
- Xiaomi specifications have some unique characteristics, such as electrocromic attenuation
The Chinese technology brand Xiaomi is not about to let Android XR, goal and others run ahead in the world of smart glasses, since it has just announced their AI glasses, and although they are terribly similar to the finishing specifications, they offer some updates, including one that I have been begging to the finish line to add from the launch.
However, the warning word, although they are ready to cost as much as the finishing specifications, many of us read this will not hook a couple, since at this time it seems that they will be exclusive to the territory of Xiaomi: China.
At a glance, they look very similar to the Smart Ray-Ban target glasses that you use regularly. They offer an elegant frame in a handful of color options that is thicker than normal but is still quite elegant.
They have a similar hardware, such as a 12MP camera that can apparently capture 2K videos at 30 fps, incorporated microphones to capture what you are saying and open speakers for audio reproduction.
You can also wear hands -free glasses, causing your AI assistant to take photos for you or answer your queries, and again, as well as the finishing specifications, these Xiaomi glasses capture an image to use as a context for your questions as “identify this flower.”
But immediately, there are some key differences.
At the end of one arm, you can find a USB-C port that allows you to load the AI glasses while using them: the finishing specifications are only loaded in your case.
They also offer a larger battery, with Xiaomi promising “8.6 hours” or about eight hours, 36 minutes of use between charges.
You can also wear glasses to pay suppliers if they offer the ability to pay when scanning a QR code. It may not be something that you see often, but it is a very common payment method in China.
Crucially, however, these glasses offer electrocromy attenuation. This is the characteristic that I think is more great.
Enjoying the tones
In order for smart glasses to be a success, they must be something that can use all the time.
Imagine if your phone only worked in a certain climate.
As for technology, you can wear smart glasses in the same conditions, but the lenses that will decide how practical it is.
Transparent lenses are perfect for more cloudy days, while shaded lenses are much more suitable for bright sunny conditions, but it is not an accelerator for the darkest climate or inner use.
Since I exchanged my meta-rays, which were always shaded, for a pair with transition lenses, I use them much more frequently because I can trust them in a broader range of climatic conditions.
Electrocromy attenuation offers this same practicality, but instead of being determined by the climate, Xiaomi’s smart glasses can darken or enlighten your finger along your arm.
In many ways, it is almost useful as transition lenses, but for me, electrocromy attenuation wins because it has more personal control over shading, which allows you to alter your vision at will.
Although it is a closed race, especially because the characteristics seem to cost it almost the same.
While the Xiaomi base glasses cost 1999 ¥, similar to $ 299 / £ 299 / AU $ 449, would pay the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Smart base glasses, do not have electrocromy attenuation. The cheapest torque with the characteristic is 2699 ¥, which has the same price as the $ 379 / £ 379 / au $ 539 transition lenses equipped with goal rays.
So, for now, I will keep my intelligent transition lenses, but I will see this space as the lens technology that changes color becomes such an essential feature, it must even be included with the base model, although for now both key options are inevitably expensive.
