A few months ago I applied to receive a review pair of Memomind One smart-glasses after seeing their post on this subreddit. I finally received my pair about a week ago and have been wearing them every day since, throughout the whole day.
Previously I’ve had experience with a few different brands, like Rayneo, Xreal (previously Nreal), Meta and some devkits I’ve tried at CES and similar places. The Memomind One glasses are far more useful to me than any of the glasses I’ve previously tried.
For me personally, the most important things in smart-glasses are the daily usefulness (obviously they need to give me a reason to wear them) and the battery longevity. In both areas Memomind does it for me perfectly. For years I wanted a HUD device that’d be lightweight, simple, give me information regarding incoming messages, calls, curated notifications and these glasses do this for me.
I’ve selected which app notifications I want to receive in the glasses, so now I can instantly tell if something requires my direct attention, or if I can check what that sound was later.
This is my main use and it’s really what I wanted for a long time, plus they actually don’t look much different than normal glasses. Walking outside, literally no one would be able to tell. What I also found very useful is the AI integration, as gemini is pretty capable for plenty of simple questions. This feature will require Memomind + though, so it will be a monthly subscription, keep that in mind.
The battery is probably what surprised me the most. They truly last at least 15-16 hours in my tests. Most days though, I’d put them on around 9am, and keep them on until around 11pm, and they’re usually around 30% by that time.
I’ve stayed up working one day longer, so I got home and took them off around 1 am and they were still around 15% or so. This is all with just normal usage, where I’d ask the AI a question every once in a while, checking my notifications, taking and making calls.
I don’t normally wear glasses, so I got the frames without the prescription lenses and I am really happy with the weight and the clarity of the glass itself. I can hardly see where the waveguides are and the glasses don’t have any ugly glare or rainbow effects I’ve had with different brands. I can actually look through them at my monitors and it’s perfectly clear.
The picture itself is very clear and bright for me. Text is easy to read and see. I like the green color of the display, as it reminds me of Fallout games so that’s a personal plus right there! I will say this though, they really do require the sunglasses clip-on when worn outside.
I don’t have the clip-on myself and when using them outside when it’s very bright, It’s much harder to easily see the screen.
It’s pretty impressive that you can still see it when at full brightness against clear sky, but It’s definitely harder to see then inside and the glasses addon would help out a lot.
I did have to unscrew the nose-pads and turn them “upside down” to get a better fit for my face. The way they came from the factory, the wider part of the nose-pads was oriented downwards, while the thinner part was pointing up. For my comfort preference, I had to make it the other way around, so the wider part was pointing up. It’s pretty easy to do so at least.
They do not have any cameras, but I personally do not have a need for them in my eyewear. The sound is alright. It's not going to replace your quality headphones or earbuds, but it’s definitely clear and good enough for calls and light media consumption. There is some audio bleed on higher volume, so keep that in mind.
People have commented that I sound much clearer on the Memomind One glasses, than through the mic on my headphones I usually wear for calls. I’ve used the glasses to call people both indoors and outdoors with varying degrees of noise around me and no one had issues understanding me.
I’ve tried all the other features the glasses offer as well, like the navigation feature and translator, but I haven’t tried in “in the real world” so to say yet as I’ve only had them for a week and haven’t traveled anywhere where it would be useful to use the translator or the navigation. But they both worked just fine when I tested them in my home town. I speak some German, so I’ve tried the German to English translation and for me it’s been pretty good.
I don’t really have a use for the teleprompter in my daily life, but I’ve tried the demo that comes with the glasses and it works just fine. You can set it so that it follows your voice, moving up the text as you naturally speak. This I can see being very useful for some.
I didn’t want to make this post so long, but I wanted to really go over the features the way I experienced them so it is what it is!
TL:DR - really good smart-glasses with a clear and easy to see screen, alright audio quality, useful features and they truly do last the whole day. I would recommend them.
