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It’s been nearly 10 years since the Google Glass made its way to the public. While it’s slipped away from the limelight, the company continued to offer them. However, as of this month, Google has discontinued the Google Glass.
Talking about this ambitious AR project will probably test the memory of most tech users today. The company introduced the Google Glass back in April of 2013, and it officially went on sale the following year. While it was a cool idea, the $1,000 device wasn’t able to capture the audience.
Shortly after the product hit the shelves, people forgot about it. Google was several years too early for the whole XR craze. While it didn’t gain too much traction, the company released the enterprise edition in 2015. This one was targeted at business employees rather than the average user.
In 2019, while it was well out of the public eye, Google released a 2nd edition of the Google Glass Enterprise. That’s the current iteration of the device.
Now, Google has discontinued the Google Glass
While it’s hard to believe, Google continued to support the Glass until this year. However, that support has officially stopped according to the company (via 9To5Google). Google just announced that, as of March 15th, the Google Glass Enterprise Edition has been discontinued.
So, you can’t buy the device directly from the company anymore. However, Google says that it will support the device until September 15th. While the company doesn’t have any software updates planned for the Glass, you’ll be able to get replacement devices until the September 15th deadline.
Google won’t be issuing any updates to the device, but third-party companies can still push their own updates to the Google Glass. The device will still run as normal after support is dropped. However, Google’s own Meet on Glass app will stop working on September 15th.
This marks the end of a device that, while not significant in terms of sale, is significant in several ways.