Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 — specification and verdict
Glass Enterprise Edition 2 puts a single 640x360 prism display above the right eye, not a stereo screen in front of both. Nothing immersive can be shown on it: a trainee reads a short checklist line, a work order number or a camera feed from a remote expert, and keeps looking at the machine. Tracking is non-positional, so the image does not stay anchored to anything in the room, and there are no controllers — input is the temple touchpad and voice. With Snapdragon XR1, 3 GB of RAM and Android 8.1 it runs ordinary Android APKs, which is why the assisted-reality vendors built on it, but it will not run a VR course.
There is no deployment path left. Google stopped selling the device on 15 March 2023 and ended support on 15 September 2023, with the last system images promised over OTA only until 1 April 2024, so a fleet bought now is Android 8.1 with no further patches. Replacement units were handled by distributors and that channel closed with support. Anything you find in 2026 is second-hand hardware at unknown battery health against the original 800 mAh cell, and the pre-installed Meet on Glass app was explicitly allowed to stop working after the support date.
Do not buy it for a training programme. Glass EE2 is an out-of-support 2019 assisted-reality device with a 640x360 monocular display, and our VR courses do not run on it under any configuration. If the use case is genuinely remote assistance rather than training, look at a currently supported industrial headset with a vendor still shipping firmware.
How it compares within its class
The axis runs from the lowest to the highest published figure among the AR — industrial devices in this catalogue. The grey tick is the median of that class.
Median for this class: $1800, from 7 models that publish the figure.
Full specification
An em dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure.
- ManufacturerWho makes it — and who you buy support from.
- CategoryWhich kind of product this is. It decides which rows below make sense at all.
- AR — industrial
- Device typeWhere the computing happens, and therefore what you need to run it.
- Standalone AR
- AnnouncedThe day it was shown, which is not the day it shipped.
- 2019-05-20
- ReleasedYear the model went on sale. Older is not automatically worse in this category.
- 2019
- AvailabilityWhether you can still order it new today.
- Discontinued in 2023
- Support endsThe date the manufacturer stops supporting it. Decisive for a fleet you are about to buy.
- 2023-09-15
- DisplayHow the image is produced. "No display" is a real answer in this category, not a gap.
- LCD, one eye
- Eyes coveredOne eye or both. Over a full shift this is a real difference in fatigue.
- One eye
- Resolution per eyePixels delivered to each eye. Higher means small text and labels stay readable.
- ≈640x360*VRcompare spec sheet
- Refresh rateImages per second. Higher feels smoother and helps people prone to motion discomfort.
- Refresh rate: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Field of viewHow much of your view the image covers. Bigger is more immersive, not automatically better for work.
- Field of view: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Pixel densityPixels per degree of view — the honest way to compare sharpness between a headset and a pair of glasses. Higher is sharper. Only shown where somebody published it; we never compute it ourselves.
- Pixel density: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- BrightnessIn a plant or outdoors, brightness decides legibility more than resolution does.
- Brightness: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- WeightThe device alone. Anything above roughly 150 g is felt within an hour.
- ≈46 g*VRcompare spec sheet
- Visible field of viewWhat the eye actually sees through the optics, by axis.
- Visible field of view: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Rendered field of viewWhat the device draws. Never smaller than what you see.
- Rendered field of view: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Binocular overlapWhere both eyes see the same thing — this is where depth happens.
- Binocular overlap: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Average pixel densityPixels per degree across the image. More is sharper.
- Average pixel density: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Peak pixel densityThe sharpest point, usually the centre of the lens.
- Peak pixel density: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Subpixel layoutHow the coloured dots sit in a pixel. A stripe looks cleaner on text than PenTile.
- Subpixel layout: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Foveated renderingWhether detail is dropped outside where you look, to save performance.
- Foveated rendering: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Vision correctionHow somebody who wears glasses uses it, and in what dioptre range.
- Vision correction: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- DimensionsWidth, height and depth of the device itself.
- Dimensions: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Weight with strapWith the strap it ships with — the weight you actually wear.
- ≈51 g*VRcompare spec sheet
- Head strapSoft band or a rigid one. Decides how the weight sits over an hour.
- Glasses frame
- MaterialsShell and facial interface, in the vendor’s words.
- Titanium · Resin nylon
- ColoursColours the manufacturer sells it in.
- Silver · Grey
- Haptics in the headsetVibration in the headset itself, not in the controllers.
- Haptics in the headset: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- TrackingWhether content stays put in the room (6DoF), follows head rotation (3DoF) or is simply fixed.
- None
- Tracking camerasHow many cameras it uses to know where it is.
- Tracking cameras: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Tracking rateHow often position is recalculated. Higher is steadier.
- Tracking rate: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Depth sensorA dedicated sensor for distance, on top of the cameras.
- Depth sensor: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Hand trackingWhether bare hands can operate the interface, without a controller or the phone.
- No
- Face trackingTracks facial expression — for avatars, not for training scenarios.
- Face tracking: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Body trackingHow much of the body the device knows about. Estimated legs are not tracked legs.
- Body tracking: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controllers includedWhether motion controllers come in the box, or are bought separately — or the device is hands-only.
- Controllers included: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controller modelThe manufacturer's own name for the controller.
- Controller model: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controller tracking6DoF controllers track position and rotation, so a hand reaches in space; 3DoF only point. “None” means hands only.
- Controller tracking: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Finger tracking on the controllerWhether the controller senses individual fingers, and how.
- Finger tracking on the controller: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controller inputsButtons, sticks and triggers the controller offers.
- Controller inputs: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controller hapticsVibration feedback in the hand.
- Controller haptics: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controller powerDisposable cells or a built-in rechargeable — a fleet question.
- Controller power: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Controller weightOne controller, as the vendor weighs it.
- Controller weight: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Other input methodsWays in beyond controllers and bare hands.
- Voice · Touchpad on the temple
- Where it computesWhether the device computes on its own or depends on a phone, PC or belt-worn puck.
- Standalone (own computer)
- ProcessorThe processor and memory inside. This is what the performance grade above is derived from.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1
- CPUCores and clocks, where the manufacturer publishes them.
- Octa-core Kryo (2 x 2.52 GHz, 6 x 1.7 GHz)
- GPUThe graphics part of the chip.
- Adreno 615
- MemoryRAM on the device. Together with the chipset it sets how complex a scene can be.
- 3 GB
- PlatformThe platform an application is built against — and what an MDM has to speak.
- Android 8.1
- SD card slotWhether storage can be added with a card.
- SD card slot: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- BatteryRuntime as the manufacturer states it. A hot-swappable pack matters more than the figure.
- ≈480 min*VRcompare spec sheet
- Battery capacity (Wh)Energy in the cell. Bigger is longer, given the same power draw.
- Battery capacity (Wh): Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Battery capacity (mAh)The same fact in the other unit vendors use. We never convert between the two.
- 800 mAh
- Charge timeFrom empty to full. Rarely stated by the manufacturer, so it usually comes from whoever timed it.
- Charge time: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- ChargerPower of the supplied charger — it decides the charge time above.
- Charger: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- External batteryBattery on a cable or a puck instead of on the head.
- External battery: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Charging caseExtra runtime carried in the case the glasses ship with.
- Charging case: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Hot-swap batteryWhether a charged battery can replace the empty one without ending the session. This is what decides if a headset can hold an all-day training station.
- Hot-swap battery: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Third-party appsHow a third party's application reaches the device: an ordinary Android package, a vendor-only SDK, or not at all.
- Ordinary Android app (APK)
- Runs Skillsive appsOur own statement about whether Skillsive training applications run on it today.
- No
- Suitable for trainingOur judgement on whether it survives real deployment: comfort, hygiene, fleet management.
- No
- Kiosk mode / MDMVendor tooling to enrol devices, push an app and lock the headset to it. Practically required above ten devices.
- No
- Business tierAn official business tier, so devices belong to the company rather than to employees’ personal accounts.
- No
- CertificationsIndustrial certifications stated on the manufacturer's own page. Empty means unconfirmed, never "probably fine".
- IP53
- PortsPhysical sockets and charging contacts.
- USB Type-C
- Wi-FiThe Wi-Fi generation — it decides how well wireless streaming holds up.
- Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac)
- BluetoothFor controllers, headphones and accessories.
- 5.0
- Video from a computerWhether a computer can drive it, over a cable or wirelessly.
- Video from a computer: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- AudioBuilt-in sound. Matters most where somebody has to hear a remote expert while working.
- Built-in speakers
- MicrophoneBuilt-in microphone — the other half of talking to a remote expert.
- Yes
- MicrophonesHow many. An array picks a voice out of a noisy hall; one does not.
- Microphones: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- CameraA camera is what makes a remote expert call and photo documentation possible.
- Yes
- Price bandThe band it sits in, rather than a price that goes stale.
- Enterprise
- Launch priceThe manufacturer's launch price. Fixed history, so it never goes stale.
- $999
- Price by configurationWhat each configuration cost at launch.
- Price by configuration: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
- Price todayApproximate current net price in USD — a general figure, since these barely differ between regions once tax is stripped out. A snapshot from the date shown, not an offer.
- Price today: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-08-08.
Who this device is for
It is for the small number of organisations already running a Glass-based remote-assist or pick-by-vision workflow who need spare units and accept an Android 8.1 device with no patches. Nobody starting a new deployment in 2026 should be on this list, and nobody buying for VR-based safety training should look at it at all.
What is missing, and what the manufacturer does not publish
Google never published a field of view, a brightness figure or a charge time for Glass EE2, and its spec page is gone — google.com/glass/start now redirects straight to the discontinuation FAQ, which is the clearest statement of status you will get. The 46 g / 51 g weights, the 640x360 resolution and the 8-hour battery claim come from VRcompare, not from Google. We could not verify whether any MDM vendor still enrols the device today.
Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 — frequently asked questions
- Is Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 still supported in 2026?
- No. Google ended sales on 15 March 2023 and ended support on 15 September 2023. Devices keep working and existing apps keep running, but there are no further software updates, the warranty replacement channel closed with support, and Google only committed to keeping the last system images available over OTA until 1 April 2024.
- Can you run VR training courses on Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2?
- No. Glass EE2 has one 640x360 monocular prism display over the right eye and non-positional tracking, so there is no stereo image and no room-scale movement — the two things a VR course depends on. It runs Android APKs on Snapdragon XR1, but that only helps assisted-reality apps like remote expert video and checklists.
- Why does google.com/glass now redirect to a support page?
- Because the product page was retired with the product. The old marketing URL now lands on Google's Glass Enterprise Edition announcement FAQ, and the developer documentation is kept only as a historical reference for teams still maintaining apps built for the device. Treat any 999 USD list price you still see quoted as the 2019 launch price, not a current offer.
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