Even Realities Review?

Hello,
I have been following the forum with great interest for some time now, and this is my first response.
I am a 63-year-old man who has been wearing hearing aids for 10 years, and I am currently testing a cros device.
Over the past few weeks, I have been able to test the G1 and G2, and I hope to test them side by side soon. I would love to hear what the findings are.

Gerrit

I’d be interested in your review. I’m also interested in whether these things have prescription lenses as I know nothing about them. thanks.

Also very interested in hearing your reviews and in this technology.

My first impressions of the Even Realities G2 B were extremely positive. The glasses look and feel much like regular eyewear, which immediately sets them apart from bulkier alternatives.

I began by downloading the companion app to my iPhone 17 Pro. The app walks you through the initial setup in a straightforward and intuitive manner. After opening the case, I connected the glasses to my phone. The process required a firmware update that took several minutes. Once that update was complete, the glasses underwent an additional update through the app.

After setup, the app presents several feature options. These include Teleprompt, which displays the text of a speech you might give; Navigate, a navigation system similar to Google or Apple Maps (it appears to offer only walking or biking routes, which I did not explore further); Translate, which supports more than 30 languages; Even AI, the built-in AI component; and Conversate, the live transcription system.

I selected Conversate and put the glasses on. To see the green transcribed text scrolling across the bottom of both lenses, I initially had to position the glasses quite far down my nose. By default, the AI feature is enabled and displays text across the top of the lenses, which causes the transcription to shift lower. When AI is turned off, the transcribed text appears more centered. There is also a way to adjust text positioning while keeping AI enabled.

My first test of transcription accuracy was a conversation with my wife. This was an easier test, as she is familiar with my hearing issues and consistently speaks clearly and at sufficient volume. In this setting, the transcription was exactly accurate.

The more challenging test came later that same day during a seven-player poker game. This proved to be an impressive demonstration of the glasses’ capabilities. With seven people often talking over one another, using informal language and card game–specific terminology, the transcription remained highly accurate. The system even captured profanity and casual speech reliably.

One limitation I noticed was the lack of speaker identification. The glasses do not label individual speakers by number or color, a feature that at least two competing products claim to offer. Even Realities has indicated that speaker labeling is planned for a future update, which would be a meaningful enhancement.

Another area where the glasses excel is transcription of television dialogue. They performed particularly well with British and Australian accents—dialogue I often struggle to understand due to hearing and comprehension challenges.

I also briefly tested the glasses with two movies, one in French and one in Japanese, both using English subtitles. In both cases, the glasses did an excellent job matching the English subtitles accurately and consistently.

Overall, the Even Realities G2 B exceeded my expectations, particularly in real-world conversational environments and media consumption. The accuracy of the transcription—whether in quiet conversations, noisy group settings, or foreign-accented dialogue—stands out as a key strength. For users with hearing or comprehension difficulties, the Conversate feature alone makes these glasses a compelling and practical solution.

Thanks for the test, that sounds good. Have you also tried the glasses outside?

Gerrit

Even G2 Review: I’ve been using the G2’s now for almost two weeks, and have a list of pros and cons.

Pros:

1. Work well as long as you are connected to the internet, via wifi or data (cellphone).
2. Worked very well in a movie theatre. My cellphone must have had good data coverage there, since they didn’t have wifi.
3. The app worked well, and it was easy to adjust settings, once I realized where in the app to do it. Should have looked earlier at the instructions.

Cons:

1. Must have cellphone with you to use them.

2. Doesn’t work where there isn’t internet or data from cell. Like some parts of my apartment building hallways, or traveling in cars. I have Verizon on my cellphone.

3. The words distort somewhat when focusing on someone close to you. You can adjust for a closer setting, but it still not close enough at times. If found myself looking beyond the person to not strain my eyes.

4. Speaking of eye strain, I came out of the movie theatre with a slight headache and eye strain. A couple days later I had my yearly eye exam, and the doctor agreed that the glasses could cause that. I found the following information in the Even G2 manual, and their contact via email said it might be causing an uneven balance between the two eyes. I found the following in the Even G2 manual and it was very helpful:

   • The device’s imaging system needs to align precisely with the center of your pupils. Your IPD determines the angular difference (parallax) between the images seen by each eye, which is a key cue your brain uses to calculate distance. If your IPD is significantly larger or smaller than the average, the perceived image distance will shift accordingly.

   • This IPD-induced variation in perceived distance can be as much as 0.5m to 1.0m. This is a reflection of the highly individualized nature of the visual experience.

   I do realize that my eyes are set probably closer than some people’s eyes. The glasses look oversized on my face.

5. The ring was interesting, but not sensitive enough to use with the glasses for me. It just became frustrating.

So, I decided to return the glasses and ring. I’ll keep researching glasses that are a better fit and can be used offline, but it might be a while before what I need comes out. Back to Live Transcribe on the cellphone!

Gayle

AirCaps Review:

I received the AirCaps yesterday and gave them a try.

They are heavier and not as sleek as the Even G2s. My initial impression was that they didn’t fit well on my face. It wasn’t just their appearance, but the way they rested on my nose. I tried adjusting the nose bridge, but they still didn’t fit comfortably.

Since they are bulkier than the G2s or my regular glasses, the viewing area seemed too small, and the black rims dominated my field of vision. However, my wife thought they looked fine in terms of size and fit.

They paired seamlessly with my phone and the AirCaps app, and I was able to start using them right away. The spoken text appeared on both lenses, and I could easily adjust the font size and position the text in six different ways on the lens. I could also set the number on lines of text, brightness (or auto), and turn battery status and battery percentage on or off.

Another useful feature, especially for transcription, is that different speakers are identified by number. In addition to the English transcription, which appeared near flawless, the language translation worked very well. I tried French, Italian, and Japanese, and the translations matched the simultaneous translation clips I found online.

Overall, except for their appearance and fit, the AirCaps are technologically superior to the Even G2s.

Next, the Captify glasses.

Hey,

How did you get on with the captify glasses?

Is there any real reason for me to drive 2 hours to the nearest Even Realities optician to try out the G2 glasses, considering I need +2.50 lenses and the text will undoubtedly just be a blur? (I can instead order online and send prescription info from my local optician.)

There’s no fitting to be done on the frames themselves, is there?

Just remember you can’t return them if you have prescription lenses in them. Is the +2.50 for reading? The text is out in front of you, and you can program it to be three different distances in front of you. It actually works best further away. Clip-on reading glasses may be available. A friend gave me some that worked well with the G2’s. On the other hand, I see okay longer distance (I had Lasik), so don’t need a prescription for that. Since I ordered online there was no adjustment of the frames, nor did they say that would be necessary.

I’ve decided to but the Even Realities and the ring and fit the lenses with my perscription. When I first tried them and reviewed them here the text was not as adjustible, but they fixed that and it has improved quite a bit. Conversate still does not distinquish between speakers with color or labels, but they claim future upgrades will.

They also have more Optician partners so you can get things fitted if there is one near you. Some will do it remotelly but they claim it is not as good if you need a perscription.

Will let you know how it goes.

when i orderd my rxGlass even G2, the optometrrist did a number of measurements,plus some machine pon my eyes