Carly Kind’s office is formally investigating Shenzhen Qingcheng, the developer of the HeyCyan app behind cheap camera glasses sold via Kmart, Big W Marketplace and Amazon. Meta, Google and Kmart got only preliminary inquiries.
Shiny Box Interactive, which has run AR medical training for U.S. military exercises on Vuzix M4000 glasses, is porting its tele-mentoring platform to Ultralite Pro. The release names no contract, customer, or fielding date.
Innovative Eyewear’s preliminary Q3 2026 net sales rose about 55% to roughly $1.04 million, a company record built partly on discounting older models. A 3,000-unit Australia and New Zealand order ships in October and is not included.
ENGO’s limited engo3 Titanium lists at $689.95 in the US, $290 above the standard engo3, for a 3D-printed titanium frame, roughly 9.6 grams saved and a 24-hour battery claim. Same display, same software, 500 units.
Even Realities’ October 2 app update brings QuickNote and customizable long-press shortcuts to the G2 glasses and R1 ring, but the release notes require firmware updates on both devices first, and no firmware version numbers are published.
The third-party Ray-Ban Meta AI app renamed itself Avenkin, and an October 4 merge adds an organisation-enforced face blur to recorded Field Assist jobs that has not yet run on a real recording.
UC San Diego-incubated Aynak will put about 35 prototype hearing glasses on San Diego testers starting December 11, using an on-device vision sensor and directional microphones to boost the voice the wearer is looking at.
Ray-Ban Meta firmware v129 adds Mono Audio and Audio Balance accessibility controls for Meta AI and notification sounds, while v128’s walking navigation, Spatial Audio and LED anti-tampering are now broadly available.
Forbes reports Snap has spent roughly $3 billion over a decade on Specs. The $2,195 AR glasses still have no ship date, and Snap declined to share presale orders.
Amazon told The XR Beat it never stores unblurred originals from its Smart Delivery Glasses, but blurring happens after upload and the company still names no retention period or customer opt-out.