Solos' new partnership brings real-world use cases that you need to already excellent smart glasses starting today
Using Ally on the Solos AirGo smart glasses. | Image credit — Solos
Envision's Ally app's compatibility with the Solos AirGo smart glasses begins today, and all tiers of the glasses will get a month-long free trial of Ally Pro. If you find the app helpful with your glasses, then you know that you've just found what will possibly be your best purchase in years. You can order a pair of the Solos AirGo smart glasses here. Solos' smart glasses offer plenty of reasons for consumers to choose them over competitors. For example, shortly after bringing AI-powered features to the glasses, Solos introduced an extra mode of privacy. The Solos AirGo Vision, launched last year, allowed users to swap frames for whenever they didn't want the camera to be able to see their surroundings.
Whenever the industry finally moves on to smart glasses with displays, I suspect Solos will follow with some pretty nifty offerings of its own.
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