Halliday’s camera-free meeting glasses are entering their mid-September ship window. Non-prescription Halliday G2 orders are scheduled to leave in batches starting now; prescription units follow in October. List price is $599, with a launch promo still cutting that figure for buyers who use the site’s current checkout codes.
That timing matters because September’s AR calendar is already loud. Snap’s SPECS launch event is Wednesday, September 16 in Los Angeles. Meta Connect opens September 23. Halliday is shipping a much narrower product into the same fortnight: binocular green waveguide displays, no camera, and a meeting-first AI stack branded Meeting Flow / Flow.
What ships in the box
Per Halliday’s product page and support FAQ, G2 specs include:
- Binocular waveguide display with dual microLED engines, monochrome green, 600×300 per eye, up to 1,600 nits, ~25.2° field of view
- About 49 g frame weight, IP54 rating, magnetic charging, claimed ~12 hours of typical use on a 210 mAh cell
- Four-microphone array, open-ear speakers, Bluetooth 5.4 with LE Audio, right-temple touch bar
- Prescription range listed as SPH −9.00 to +2.00 D (with CYL limits on the site)
- No onboard camera — by design, for privacy and battery
The Verge’s July hands-on called the Gen 2 a clear step up from Halliday’s CES 2025 original, which used a finicky single movable display window. Waveguides replace that window; brightness held up in a dark bar demo, though sunlight visibility was untested there. Tom’s Guide put weight under 50 g and framed the product as meeting-first rather than a Ray-Ban Meta clone.
Meeting Flow, credits, and the subscription catch
Hardware is only half the bill. Halliday bundles a free year of its Basic membership with launch purchases, then meters heavier Meeting Flow use with monthly credits. The company’s site lists Free / Basic / Pro / Max tiers; full in-meeting Flow plus post-meeting summaries burn credits by speaking density. Everyday AI, live translation (45+ languages), cheatsheet, calls, music, and notifications sit on the “unlimited essentials” side of that split.
That structure is honest and also a risk. A $599 frame that still asks for a subscription to keep meeting intelligence useful will be judged against Even Realities’ lighter display glasses and against Meta’s camera-led Ray-Ban line — especially while London and other cities are still arguing about “pervert glasses” recording etiquette. Halliday’s bet is that skipping the camera is the feature, not a missing checkbox.
Ship calendar, not a keynote
Halliday’s FAQ is explicit: non-prescription batches start mid-September in preorder order; prescription builds start in October and typically ship 4–6 weeks after order. Free shipping is listed for selected North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania destinations. The Verge and Tom’s Guide both recorded July preorders at $599 with a $10 deposit unlocking $100 off; the storefront now also advertises a LAUNCH50-style $50 cut plus free prescription lenses as a $199 value — check the live checkout before treating any promo as permanent.
In a week dominated by Valve’s Steam Frame reservations and Snap’s SPECS countdown, Halliday is the quieter ship story: camera-free display glasses aimed at conference rooms, not content creators. Whether Meeting Flow’s decision and commitment trackers survive real back-to-back calendars is the open question once the mid-September cartons start moving.
Sources: Halliday G2 product page, Halliday General FAQs (shipping batches), The Verge — Gen 2 hands-on, Tom’s Guide — G2 hands-on.