August 2025 — Brilliant Labs has officially introduced Halo, a new generation of AI smart glasses designed to blend everyday style with powerful on-device intelligence. Priced at $299, the glasses are aimed at developers, tech enthusiasts, and early adopters looking for an open, customizable wearable AI platform.
🔍 What is Halo?
Halo looks like a standard pair of wayfarer glasses, but it’s packed with cutting-edge hardware and software designed to augment real life with AI — privately and intelligently.
Key features include:
- Lightweight Design: Weighing just over 40 grams, with a minimal display embedded in the lens frame.
- AI Sensor Stack: Includes an optical sensor, bone-conduction speaker, dual mics, and motion sensors.
- Micro-OLED Display: Discreetly shows text and graphics at the edge of your vision.
- Battery Life: Up to 14 hours of use on a single charge.
- Processor: Alif Semiconductor’s B1 AI chip, allowing for on-device computing and privacy.
Halo’s software is powered by Noa, a built-in AI assistant that understands what you see and hear — and can act on it. Unlike most smart glasses, Noa doesn’t rely heavily on cloud servers. Everything is processed locally, improving privacy and reducing latency.
Noa can:
- Identify people and objects you see.
- Save contextual information (like someone’s name or where you met).
- Build mini voice apps on the fly using natural language prompts.
- Let you control settings entirely by voice.
🧩 Open Source & Developer-Friendly
Brilliant Labs built Halo to be fully open-source:
- Operating System: ZephyrOS
- Scripting: Lua
- Firmware + Hardware: Open and available on GitHub
Developers can create custom experiences, remix existing “Vibes” (voice-generated apps), and contribute to the ecosystem. This makes Halo one of the most hackable AI glasses available today.
🔐 Privacy Built In
Noa is designed to function like a privacy firewall. Unlike most AI assistants, it does not store video or audio recordings by default. Users can disable microphones or sensors at any time with a simple voice command like, “Noa, power down.”
📦 Pricing & Availability
- Price: $299 USD
- Availability: Pre-orders open now
- Shipping: Late November 2025
- Colors: Matte black
- Prescription Lenses: Supported via SmartBuyGlasses in 100+ countries
⚔️ The Competition
Halo enters a fast-growing smart glasses market, competing with devices like Meta’s Ray-Ban AI glasses, which have already shipped over a million units. However, Halo distinguishes itself by focusing on developer access, privacy, and on-device AI — rather than just recording or entertainment.
📣 Final Thoughts
With Halo, Brilliant Labs isn’t just releasing another pair of smart glasses — they’re building a platform for wearable AI that puts privacy, memory, and customization in the user’s hands. At $299, it’s one of the most accessible and open AI wearables on the market.
Whether Halo becomes the next big leap in augmented reality or remains a niche innovation will depend on adoption and developer creativity. But one thing’s clear: Halo is signaling the future of AI you wear — not just carry.
