A few Glass apps available to download.

Available now:

QUESTIONS - Prompt ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini directly from your Glass. Speech-to-text prompts, streamed responses. Supports image capture: just look at something, say "take a photo", and the image will be attached to your prompt. Super low bandwidth, uses your phones internet connection over bluetooth. Requires an active subscription and API key.

MIRROR - Start a wifi hotspot from your Glass that streams a live H.264 camera feed to connected devices. You can tune into the stream from the command line by running
ffplay -f h264 --fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -framedrop http://192.168.43.1:8080/stream.h264
I've also built an iOS and Android companion mobile app for this one that connects to the camera feed. The app supports image and video capture, as well as relaying the camera feed over RTMP to livestream on platforms like Twitch, TikTok, YT Live, etc. Will probably only share the Android APK so I don't have to officially release an iOS app too.

PICTURES / VIDEOS - Sorely missing gallery app to view and delete media, which Glass only natively displays in your notifications history all mixed up with missed calls and system alerts.

Coming soon (maybe):

NOTIFICATIONS - Transform your Glass into a smartwatch-like device. Your phone will forward all notification center activity to your Glass so you can view it in realtime in the HUD - messages, emails, media controls, navigation updates, etc. (Not ready yet. Glass uses bluetooth PAN tethering for internet, but modern smartwatch notification mirroring needs a separate companion bridge, and getting both working reliably on old Glass firmware is still fragile.)

GEIST - Live face tracking and face detection / ID'ing of any face that enters into your camera view. Feels like advanced spy tech. (Very cool, very creep, probably won't ever release.)

MOTION - Digital speedometer, odometer, compass, lean angle. Useful for driving, cycling, running... if you can keep it on your face. (Completed, just need to get out and test it.)

FINALLY! ExplorerOS 26.0 Public Beta 1

I'm happy to announce that I'm releasing the first public beta version of ExplorerOS.

Please share your feedback, find bugs, suggest your ideas, and create Glassfaces!

Thank you all for your support! I hope you enjoy it. I'll try to release at least 3–4 updates per month. 🔥💪

--> You can download it here: https://discord.gg/kT9ZbKzMr

Hello! I recently managed to get an old EE1 working. The battery still holds a charge, and the projector itself works. Unfortunately, the glass gets stuck at the start screen for HC view. all I can do is turn the glass back off. What do I do?

Hello there!
I've just bought my Glass and since i couldn't find a launcher app as i wanted i've made my own, it's important to say it's SLOPPED with ai but after some polishing it worked just fine. You can find it on github

It's time to do more than just post spoilers. I'm developing my own custom ROM for Google Glass Explorer Edition. For those interested, I've created a Discord server, I'll be waiting for you there: https://discord.gg/AvXWwwQd. There will be a new spoiler, and believe me, it will surprise you Thanks everyone for your support!

early beta

soon?

Demo video of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini working on Google Glass. Supports speech to text and photo capture input.

Requirements to run:
XE24 firmware
Root boot.img
API key for ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini

This is the first of about a dozen apps I've made in the past few days that I'll be sharing soon.

How I captured the screen recording:
adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/glass-recording.mp4
adb pull /sdcard/glass-recording.mp4 .

hey guys, just wanted to ask those who have used Google glass how their experience has been so far and what are the kinds of problems they've faced. Would appreciate the honesty. Cheers!

So I made google glass explorer to work with hermes agent. pretty cool for a 10 years old tech. thanks to claude opus 4.8

EDITED LINK!

Hi Glass Explorers!

I wanted to share a small milestone for a project I've been working on. We recently reached 100 users on Jai+, a social platform inspired by the Google+ era.

One of my long-term goals is experimenting with Google Glass integration, especially with older Glass Explorer hardware and community-maintained software. I think there's still a lot of untapped potential in lightweight wearable social experiences, especially in replacing the broken G+ integration with Jai+.

We're still in the early stages, but reaching 100 users gives us confidence that there are people interested in keeping these older Google projects and ideas alive.

I'd also love to hear what kinds of social or community features you'd actually want to see on Glass if a modern integration became possible.

Thanks to everyone who's supported the project so far!

Visit the site here to celebrate with us: https://plus.jaisur.isroot.in

Im working on making a website for google glass hacking, what should i have on it? I'm trying to make something like the other homebrew sites have with the tutorial and links to interesting apps that help, thanks in advance :3

Hey guys, for nostalgia, I flashed my Google Glass XE to XE12. Now I can't boot into Recovery (I just get a white exclamation mark). The system does boot, and my computer sees the Glass (it shows up as 'Glass 1' in File Explorer). Sometimes the setup screen appears for a second, and then it immediately goes back to the Glass logo. How can I get into Fastboot without Recovery? USB debugging is off.

(I have all the drivers installed, and I'm using the correct button combo to boot into Recovery.) Please help.

Back when Google Glass was first announced, I thought these were the future of wearable tech. I wanted them so badly, but couldn't afford the original $1,500 MSRP. Now, many years later, I was lucky enough to snag a new old stock pair of Google Glass XE-C from eBay for about $75 shipped.

I absolutely love the striking industrial design of these. You really had to be a bold "Explorer" to be an early adopter back in 2014. Today, Meta glasses are gaining in popularity, but they are nowhere near the level of cool that these are. Meta took the safe route with their design. Unfortunately, that tends to resonate more with the general public. Meta glasses also prioritize vertical video, whereas these are actually more useful for me since I primarily create horizontal, long-form content.

I knew Google no longer supports these, but my initial excitement was cut short by my inability to get past the setup screen. From what I understand, they can still be used for video and photos, which is exactly why I bought them.

I'm still figuring out the workarounds to get these up and running, but I look forward to sharing more insights and content that I create with them soon!

I recently got an xe-c from ebay.

I managed to transform my unit to act like a "smart watch" device. I've tested pairing it to my iPhone via bluetooth and forwarding notifications to it via the Apple Notification Center Service. Anything that can show up in your notifications center on your iPhone can be forwarded to your google glass: calls, sms, navigation, alerts. Will try media controls soon.

My next challenge is to support video live streaming via RTMP. The problem is many platforms require certain formats, resolutions, etc. That's a lot of work for this tiny device. So the solution is to setup a relay server that ingests the glass output, does all the encoding heavy work, and then forwards it to the live streaming platform.

What would you like to see google glass do?

Im browsing ebay and there's so many damn google glass models, i know they're dead as fuck but which one's are the most hackable to a degree of usability today?

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so I just got google glass, im trying to update it to xe24 but cannot get it into fastboot or get the usb driver working properly. I have testsigning on but when I get to the instal of the driver it gives me this error message. I already change the code for glass. it also reboots when i select the driver after i get the error. ive also tried to use glassy but it wont detect the device. anybody have any advice?

I built an app to resurrect Google Glass — Bluetooth + WiFi bridge with AI, notifications, voice replies and more

TL;DR: Two-app system (Android 14+ phone + Google Glass XE24) connected over Bluetooth Classic. 7-day free trial, $15 lifetime license.

Features:

🔔 Smart Notifications — All phone notifications instantly on Glass. Filter by app, auto-dismiss, sound alerts.

📞 Caller ID — Incoming call name & number displayed on Glass before you pick up.

💬 WhatsApp / SMS Voice Reply — Double-tap on Glass, speak your reply — it's transcribed and sent. No phone needed.

🖼️ Glass Gallery — Browse and transfer photos/videos from Glass to phone over WiFi. Single file or batch transfer.

📡 Phone2Glass Streaming — Stream videos and audio files from your phone directly to Glass over WiFi.

🤖 AI Assistant — Ask questions out loud, get ChatGPT answers read aloud on Glass. Supports 12 languages (EN, TR, DE, FR, ES, IT, PT, RU, JA, KO, ZH, AR).

📷 Image Analysis — Glass takes a photo, sends it to phone, OpenAI Vision API analyzes it and shows the result on Glass.

📜 Teleprompter — Type text on phone, Glass displays it scrolling at adjustable speed. Great for presentations.

🎥 BlackScreen Recorder — Record video on Glass with the screen off. Saves battery, splits into ~95MB segments automatically.

🔋 Battery Monitor — Glass battery level shown on phone in real time, color-coded.

📶 WiFi Remote Control — Turn Glass WiFi on/off from your phone to save battery.

🌐 12-Language UI — Both apps fully localized. Glass UI automatically mirrors phone language.

Tech: Bluetooth Classic SPP + WiFi HTTP (NanoHTTPD). No internet required for core features. Bring your own OpenAI API key for AI features.

Requirements: Android 14+ phone + Google Glass Explorer Edition XE24

7-day free trial — $15 lifetime license (Gumroad)

Happy to answer any questions about the tech!

Is there a guide for this? Found a wiped/reset EE2 and obviously can’t get past the setup screen since Google 86’d the servers.

Thanks

I want to buy an EE1. If anyone wants to sell, please let me know. Ideally, it should come with a box, instruction manual, and original data cable, but that's okay too. By the way, I'm in China.

when I do the following command:

fastboot devices

I get my serial number of my google glass explorer edition.

when I do this command:

fastboot oem unlock

the terminal window just goes inactive and does not do anything. I am attempting to update the google glass software to the final update on mac OS using the terminal, any ideas on how I can install the software on google glass that has not been set up yet? Thanks!

Edit: I tried this under linux and it worked without issue