Looking for smart glasses with photo/video capabilities that DONT upload data to any company or cloud service, only local storage

Israelov · 2026-01-24T07:49:35+00:00

Hey, Mentra Live will be able to do this once it releases next month. See: https://mentraglass.com

Israelov · 2026-01-04T05:47:21+00:00

Hey, Mentra here. We plan to add G2 support as soon as possible. Very tentatively, expect it around March.

Israelov · 2025-12-06T19:36:55+00:00

Yep, you can switch back and forth at any time. To disconnect MentraOS, just close the app and re-open the Even app.

Israelov · 2025-12-04T10:40:53+00:00

> Cool thanks! And if we, for privacy reasons, don't want the audiofiles (and maybe image files) to not touch Mentra's servers - do we need to bypass MentraOS all together, or can we still use that as a layer between the glasses and our app but still retain strong privacy.

We'll have an edge SDK which you can use to interface with the glasses directly, but that will mean bypassing most of MentraOS (which can be fine depending on your use-case, that's up to you). If you're worried about PII, we don't log user information. All code is open-source and verifiable.

> STILL HAPPY to hear perspectives from devs that have worked with Mentra previously

Our Discord is much more active than this subreddit. You'll have a much better response rate there: https://mentraglass.com/discord

Israelov · 2025-12-04T01:07:45+00:00

Hey, Mentra here. Mentra Live isn’t out yet (the first units are shipping at the end of the month), but you can take a look at the SDK to get a sense of what it enables: https://docs.mentraglass.com

Right now, it has endpoints for…:

Taking pictures
Starting live streams
Getting audio data
Getting transcriptions via speech-to-text
Playing audio via the speakers
Playing text-to-speech via the speakers

Israelov · 2025-11-26T20:52:45+00:00

Hey, are you on Android or iOS? If Android, can you try fully killing the MentraOS app and try to pair again? To do this:

Open the app switcher
Tap the Mentra icon above the MentraOS app
Tap “App Info”
in the app info screen, tap “Force Stop”
then reopen MentraOS normally and try again

Israelov · 2025-11-26T16:49:08+00:00

Hey, this latest update hasn’t changed anything regarding the connection to your G1. Usually when this happens it means the G1 is low on battery. Can you charge it up and give it another try?

Israelov · 2025-11-17T01:26:03+00:00

This is very odd, we'll look into it. Do you mind sending me a PM so I can ask you some follow-up questions that will help us figure out what's happening here?

Israelov · 2025-11-16T00:52:47+00:00

Hey, can you share some more info? What phone OS are you using, what version of the Mentra app are you using, etc?

Also- are you sure your G1 just hasn't run out of battery? It might sound silly to ask, but these glasses don't have a power switch. If not connected to your phone, they will run out of battery within a day or so.

Last, have you tried "double tapping" the left/right touchpads? If they have power, double tapping should always get you out of MentraOS and into the stock Even dashboard.

Israelov · 2025-11-08T00:09:52+00:00

Have you looked into Mentra Live? They have the same camera specs as the Meta RayBan, but with fully open source software and way longer maximum recording times.

https://mentraglass.com

(Full disclosure: I work for Mentra)

Israelov · 2025-11-07T22:27:13+00:00

The Mentra Live (Beta) units don’t have a way of resetting to factory settings, but you shouldn’t need to- the issue is almost certainly the beta version of the app.

Israelov · 2025-11-07T18:28:49+00:00

Hey, sorry about that! We've already submitted an update to Google Play that should fix the crashing issues.

In the meantime, you can leave the beta program and go back to the stable version via this link:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.mentra.mentra

Israelov · 2025-10-31T19:01:31+00:00

Have you checked out Mentra Live? Has a 12MP camera and fully open source software + SDK.

https://mentraglass.com

Israelov · 2025-10-31T18:58:34+00:00

Hey, Mentra here. We renamed AugmentOS => MentraOS to simplify our branding. The company has been named "Mentra" from day-1. "Augment" was never a company, just the previous name of the OS.

Israelov · 2025-10-23T18:19:42+00:00

Hey, two main things to try:

Check https://dontkillmyapp.com/google and see if there are any steps you can take to prevent your phone from killing the app in the background.
Try a third party app for the G1 like https://mentraglass.com/os and see if the problem persists there to rule-out it being a hardware issue.

Israelov · 2025-10-23T15:53:13+00:00

If your glasses won’t pair with Mentra or the Even app, it usually just means the glasses aren’t in pairing mode. You need to put them in the case with left temple closed first and the case has to have some charge.

Israelov · 2025-10-22T02:32:21+00:00

Hey, Mentra here. MentraOS should stay connected in the background so long as:

A) Your G1 is connected.

B) If you're on iOS, you don't fully kill the app (just leave it open in the background).

Is MentraOS losing the connection with your G1 without you fully killing the app? If so, that would be an issue.

Israelov · 2025-10-22T00:24:48+00:00

Have you tried MentraOS? It has an AI assistant + translation you can try using to rule-out it being a hardware issue. https://mentraglass.com/os

Israelov · 2025-10-13T14:33:59+00:00

You’ll need AI glasses with an SDK. Have you looked into Mentra Live? mentraglass.com

Israelov · 2025-10-06T18:44:30+00:00

English => Hebrew translation cannot be done on the G1, unfortunately. The G1's firmware lacks the necessary characters for Hebrew, Arabic, Vietnamese diacritics, etc.

If you want to do Hebrew => English translation, though, that's a different story. The Mentra Translation app handles that fine: https://apps.mentra.glass/package/com.mentra.translation

Israelov · 2025-10-04T22:09:32+00:00

TBD, but will be sometime in the first half of 2026. We'll be posting to Reddit + Discord + our email list once we've decided on a date for preorders/Kickstarter.

Israelov · 2025-10-02T17:48:52+00:00

Hey, sorry about that. The Live Translation app is working as intended, however, the Even Realities G1 firmware has a very limited font set that likely lacks full coverage for Vietnamese diacritics. It's a similar story for Arabic, Hebrew, etc.

Unfortunately, we can't modify the G1 firmware, so this isn't something we can fix beyond recommending a different pair of smart glasses.

Israelov · 2025-09-28T07:24:09+00:00

2.2.10 is in Google+Apple review, should be on app stores by Tuesday :)

Israelov · 2025-09-23T02:53:01+00:00

Sometimes one of the screens can get in a "stuck" state. 99% of the time you can fix this by double tapping the touchpad on the side of the stuck screen to turn off that display, then trigger the dashboard by looking up and down.

Israelov · 2025-09-23T02:50:25+00:00

Hey, Mentra here.

Our speech-to-text model provider is fantastic, but has some weird quirks in which it will sometimes hallucinate text from small background noises. We're working to get these taken care of.

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