Google Glass sales will end this month, support will end by September
Google has pulled the plug on yet another product this week, and this is the second time we’ve heard news of the end of the Google Glass project. Google Glass was released in 2013 long before augmented reality (AR) was a big thing in the industry, and after several companies consider it important in the business segment, Google has decided to stop selling the device entirely starting this month.
In fact, Google will also end support for Google Glass by September of this year. This is not the first time that the company has decided to stop selling Google Glass. After introducing the first generation device, Google tried its luck with another model called Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, which also failed to take off.
As you may recall, the first Google Glass was aimed at consumers, but due to the $1,500 (roughly Rs. 1.23 lakh) and privacy concerns, the product never became a mainstream hit for Google.
Google has clearly mentioned that sales of Google Glass ended on March 15, but the device will continue to use apps until later this year, when pre-installed apps such as Google Meet for video calling through AR glasses will stop working. “Thank you for over a decade of innovation and partnership. As of March 15, 2023, we will no longer sell Glass Enterprise Edition. We will continue to support Glass Enterprise Edition until September 15, 2023,” as stated on the Google Glass website.
AR is still expected to be a part of Google’s plans, and it has reiterated this position on several occasions, but the termination of the Google Glass project suggests that the company may have another product in the works, which could be announced at Google I/O 2023 in the coming months. .
Apple has also invested in the ecosystem, and is likely to introduce its first headsets at WWDC 2023 in June, featuring an entirely new platform. It seems that AR isn’t the first thing the tech giants are focusing on now, thanks to the debut of AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, which has now entered its fourth generation model.
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