{"id":799748,"date":"2026-08-02T18:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799748\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:34:17","slug":"xgimi-memomind-one-review-you-dont-want-smart-glasses-that-record-everything-you-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799748\/","title":{"rendered":"Xgimi MemoMind One Review: You Don\u2019t Want Smart Glasses That Record Everything You Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smart glasses are taking a lot of heat right now<\/a>, and almost all of it is because of one thing: cameras. The idea that someone (a \u201cglasshole<\/a>,\u201d by most people\u2019s standards) can walk around and record others discreetly in high resolution is not an appealing one to most. Turns out, as eroded as our collective sense of privacy has become, we still don\u2019t like when our faces wind up as fodder on some jerk\u2019s TikTok prank.<\/p>\n

But cameras aren\u2019t the only way you can capture intimate pieces of one\u2019s life without their knowledge. There\u2019s also audio, and if you think Meta\u2019s AI glasses<\/a> are taking things too far, you\u2019re going to want to keep reading.<\/p>\n

Memomind One<\/p>\n

Xgimi’s Memomind One have a solid display and feature set, but a feature that records audio constantly is just creepy.<\/p>\n

Features are generally well-executed Display is quite sharp and bright Hardware is light and comfortable A feature that records audio constantly is just creepy The voice assistant is hit or miss Could use better input methods Audio quality is subpar Let the record show \"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

The idea of recording everything you say all the time isn\u2019t a new one in consumer tech. Gadgets like the AI pendant from a company called Limitless<\/a>, which was eventually acquired by Meta<\/a> (go figure), were designed to be always-on recorders, capturing everything you say all day long in the hopes of making you more productive, efficient, and, as a result, very creepy to be around.<\/p>\n

While Limitless is no longer selling its AI pendant after being acquired in December of 2025, that boundary-stepping torch is being carried on by everyone\u2019s favorite new AI gadget: smart glasses<\/a>\u2014specifically a pair made by China\u2019s Xgimi, a company best known for selling projectors<\/a>. The $399 MemoMind One<\/a> are camera-less smart glasses with a monochrome display, microphones, and speakers. On paper, they\u2019re a lot like the Even G2 made by Even Realities<\/a>, which are also camera-less and focus more on productivity and notifications than entertainment, but there\u2019s one major difference.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\"Xgimi<\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tI would not recommend trying this at home. \u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\"Xgimi<\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tTrying this at home is okay. \u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo \t\t\t\t \t\t <\/p>\n

The MemoMind One have a feature called \u201cMemory\u201d that, if activated, constantly records everything you say as long as the smart glasses are on your face. Those recordings are then sent to a companion app and digested into summaries, giving you an overview of what you talked about, what you wished for, and your general goals and values.<\/p>\n

On one hand, there\u2019s inherent utility in something like that. You could theoretically use a gadget like the MemoMind One to remind you of things that you forgot to do, help orient your day, or even keep track of work items you discussed in a meeting. Maybe it would even have applications for people with memory problems. But with every piece of tech that captures your life, there\u2019s a tradeoff, and that is it might be too much for most people to stomach\u2014it certainly was for me.<\/p>\n

A data collection bridge too far <\/p>\n

The MemoMind One\u2019s all-the-time recording manifests itself in a few ways on the smart glasses. The core of the feature is called \u201cMoments\u201d in the MemoMind companion app, which is unlocked with Memo+, a $20 per month subscription that lets you capture and store moments as well as search them from the smart glasses\u2019 AI. Moments are where everything is recorded, and here you\u2019ll find a summary of your day made from the audio captured by the smart glasses, which is distilled into bite-sized chunks.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

In my case, Moments contained myriad things, ranging from tidbits of me talking about testing the smart glasses to my general workload for the day\u2014mostly banal stuff. Mostly banal, but not all. In addition to cataloging my workday, the MemoMind One also tracked my general state of mind. In one Moment, I was fatigued after a long day, and that wasn\u2019t lost on the smart glasses.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been grinding since early morning and juggling relentless task-switching,\u201d read one section. \u201cThe day wasn\u2019t just about testing a device; it was about testing your own limits\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

Maybe even more concerning was the personal stuff. The MemoMind One logged my discussion about a new restaurant\/cafe in my neighborhood, jotting down not just the name but also the names of two other restaurants owned by the same people\u2014data that identifies what I like, but also most likely where I live and what I do with my free time. As harmless as that information is, reading it back in a summarized transcript felt weird at best, and that\u2019s not even the most personal that my experience with the MemoMind One got.<\/p>\n

While speaking with a friend of mine after work, the MemoMind cataloged bits of my conversation with her about a friend of hers who happened to be spending a lot of time with one of her exes. For obvious reasons, I won\u2019t go into detail, but the inclusion of that discussion in my daily summary was a sobering reminder that the tradeoffs you make by wearing the MemoMind One aren\u2019t just your own\u2014everyone else is participating in your weird experiment, too, whether they know it or not.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

And that\u2019s just the issue; there is essentially no culpability built into the MemoMind One. While other smart glasses feature an outward-facing LED<\/a> light that indicates you\u2019re capturing video or pictures, there is no such indicator on the MemoMind One. In an attempt to offer consent to people around me, I made sure that everyone was aware I was wearing smart glasses<\/a> that record everything we say, but there was obviously no real mechanism compelling me to do that other than my own moral code. As we\u2019ve seen with other smart glasses, moral codes vary from person to person. Just because I wanted people to know that I was recording doesn\u2019t mean other people using the MemoMind One would offer the same disclosure.<\/p>\n

To be clear, there are privacy settings in the MemoMind app. You can set specific times for no recording, and a \u201cVoice Print ID<\/a>\u201d feature (optional) is designed to train the smart glasses to your specific voice and minimize the chance that you\u2019ll capture what someone else says. There are also privacy options to toggle off certain topics in the MemoMind One, which means they\u2014according to Xgimi\u2014won\u2019t capture your musing about romance, \u201csecret talk,\u201d or legal matters, but that\u2019s placing a lot of faith in AI to play judge. If you don\u2019t want any\u00a0memory, you should just turn the whole 24\/7 recording thing off.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

Still, the prospect of capturing and storing a good chunk of your day-to-day data in a cloud (Xgimi says it uses \u201cregional servers\u201d depending on where you are) is a bold choice, and call me old-fashioned, but it\u2019s placing a lot of trust in one company. In some ways, the worst part about the MemoMind One isn\u2019t its flaws; it\u2019s that it works almost exactly as intended. When your intention is recording everything you say all day long, you have to stop and ask yourself, \u201cIs this really worth it?\u201d<\/p>\n

If you can get past the creepiness\u2026 <\/p>\n

The ability to record everything all the time is one part of the MemoMind One, but it\u2019s not the only use. There are also quite a few of the features we\u2019ve come to expect from non-camera smart glasses of this ilk.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got translation, which uses the smart glasses\u2019 microphones to convert languages in real time and then displays the text on the MemoMind One screen. I tested this out with a video of someone speaking Spanish on YouTube, and it worked pretty damn well. I could see myself using this while traveling, though it doesn\u2019t solve the problem of not being able to speak back to someone, so it would be more informational than anything. There are 26 supported languages.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

There\u2019s also closed captioning, which turns audio into text on the smart glasses display (that also works well), and recording, which can capture audio from the glasses and transcribe\/summarize it in the app. The recording works in my testing, and I\u2019m a fan of the ability to delineate speakers from one another. Similar to the Even Realities Even G2, there\u2019s a teleprompter feature that lets you read off a script in the MemoMind One display\u2014the smart glasses listen to your voice and then scroll through text accordingly as you read. MemoMind\u2019s teleprompter feature is on par with the Even G2, and while I can\u2019t see myself using this feature a lot, it does work.<\/p>\n

Another common (and sometimes useful) feature is maps, which superimpose a small, 2D map on the glasses display for navigation. Once activated, you get a readout of turn-by-turn directions that shows how far you are from your chosen location and where to turn.<\/p>\n

\"XgimiIt\u2019s difficult to photograph, but you can see turn-by-turn directions and a map in the MemoMind One display. \u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

There\u2019s also an audio input that keeps you updated as you move. Again, the result is similar to comparable glasses like the Even G2, and I could see it being useful if you really need hands-free navigation\u2014if you\u2019re on a bike, for example, or some other occasion where pulling out your phone would be frowned upon\/dangerous. I had no issue with maps, either.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

The feature (if you can call it that) that you\u2019ll interact with most if you\u2019re wearing these smart glasses is most likely notifications, which show up in real time as little green boxes. You can inundate yourself with notifications in the MemoMind One if you choose. To maximize my impression of notifications and make the most of my time with the smart glasses, I toggled on pretty much every possible option\u2014email, Slack, text messages, calls, reminders, calendars, you name it. The result was\u2026 a lot of notifications.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

While I\u2019m sure there\u2019s someone out there who would find getting notifications blasted into their eyeballs all day helpful, I am not one of them. And sure, you don\u2019t have to toggle every notification on like I did, but even the ones that you might find useful feel kind of silly when you realize you have a phone. So many times I was just getting double-notified, since my phone would vibrate, I would look, see the notification, and then also see it in the MemoMind One display. The experience was tiring at best, and to be fair, that\u2019s not necessarily on Xgimi\u2014it\u2019s a problem with all smart glasses.<\/p>\n

Still, from a productivity standpoint\u2014and overall execution of features\u2014the MemoMind One is solid, with nowhere near the number of bugs I\u2019ve witnessed in other pairs.<\/p>\n

Good hardware, but something is missing <\/p>\n

As I mentioned before, the MemoMind One feel very similar to the Even G2, and those similarities go all the way to the hardware level. Like the Even G2, the MemoMind One have a monochrome green micro LED display that\u2019s binocular, meaning it\u2019s in both eyes, and has a resolution of 640 x 350 pixels per eye with a max brightness of 2,000 nits. The result is a decently sharp and bright, if utilitarian, display that can handle daylight decently well. Menus are also fairly straightforward and easy to parse even if they lack the color of smart glasses like the Meta Ray-Ban Display<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

Also, like the Even G2, the MemoMind One are very light and eyeglasses-like, which makes them comfortable for all-day wear. I weighed my pair on a scale, and they\u2019re about 48g, making them comparable to the Even G2, which can weigh between 44g and 52g depending on your chosen lenses.<\/p>\n

The look also makes the MemoMind One difficult to discern from regular glasses, though you can see the waveguides (the tiny screens) if you\u2019re looking closely enough. Unfortunately, you can also see them from the inside, which creates a bit of distortion if your eyes catch them right\u2014admittedly not my favorite experience.<\/p>\n

While there are no cameras on the MemoMind One, there are speakers, so you can interact with a voice assistant, take calls, and listen to music or podcasts. Since I\u2019m a big fan of using smart glasses for open audio, I was happy to see the inclusion of speakers, but unfortunately, my happiness diminished after I actually listened to audio in them.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

You can\u00a0listen to music and podcasts in these smart glasses, but I would not recommend it. Audio is generally tinny and poor-sounding and nowhere near the quality that I would want for listening for long periods. Say what you will about Meta\u2019s smart glasses (and you could really say a lot), but they\u2019re still easily the best open-ear audio experience you can have in a pair of smart glasses right now.<\/p>\n

In that vein, call quality is decent, but I was told by the person that I called that there was an audible echo, which was less than ideal, especially if you\u2019re comparing against Meta\u2019s smart glasses, which are great for calling, even in loud environments.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one major difference between the MemoMind One and the Even G2, it\u2019s inputs. The Even G2 notably come with a smart ring that can be used to control the UI of the smart glasses. The ring isn\u2019t perfect, but it\u2019s functional and a pretty nifty solution to a problem that smart glasses have in general. The MemoMind One, however, don\u2019t come with any additional input option.<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

To control them, there\u2019s a physical button under the right glasses arm that you can press, double-press, and press and hold to navigate menus. On top of that, there are head gesture inputs, which let you navigate by tilting your head toward an icon on a menu and then pressing the button to select. I don\u2019t love it, to be honest\u2014it all feels a bit clunky and slow, and, on top of all that, the voice assistant amplifies the clunkiness at times.<\/p>\n

Like any modern pair of smart glasses, the MemoMind One have voice inputs that can be activated by saying, \u201cHi, Memo.\u201d With those, you can control lots of features in the smart glasses, including notetaking, checking your calendar, referencing Moments, launching music, etc. The problem is that, in my experience, the MemoMind One are a bit hard of hearing. On lots of occasions, I had to utter the wake phrase multiple times before the smart glasses started listening. And sometimes, even when they were supposed to be listening\u2026 they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\"XgimiNot a huge fan of this strange charging dongle, to be honest. \u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

Inputs are tough to get right for every pair of display-equipped smart glasses\u2014it\u2019s the reason why the Meta Ray-Ban Display come with the expensive Neural Band<\/a>\u2014but I would have liked to see better execution here, or at least more options, like a touchpad on the glasses arm. Sure, you could just pull out your phone and use the MemoMind app, but if smart glasses are ever going to feel like their own gadget, reliance on an app doesn\u2019t feel like the way to get there.<\/p>\n

On a brighter note, battery life is sufficient, though it will depend on what you\u2019re doing with the MemoMind One. Xgimi says the smart glasses get about 16 hours of battery life with mixed use, which tracks with my testing. After a few days of using the MemoMind One for about half of my workday, I was at 20% battery. Even with listening to audio, that figure holds up. After an hour of listening to a podcast on the MemoMind One at 50% volume, the battery dropped from 100% to 93%, which would equate to about 14 hours of battery. You will have to use a charging dongle that connects to the back of the right glasses arm, though. Do not lose this; you won\u2019t be able to charge your glasses without it.<\/p>\n

A great listener in the worst way <\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one way to describe the MemoMind One, it would be \u201can escalation.\u201d Sure, you don\u2019t have to use these smart glasses to record everything all the time, but the fact that you can\u2014and are being encouraged to\u2014is something worth taking a pause over. Is this the life you really want? Would you\u00a0want someone around recording things without your knowledge and consent?<\/p>\n

\"Xgimi\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

Even with privacy features built in that are meant to mitigate the likelihood that the MemoMind One will capture unwanted chatter, there is no guarantee that your data will be safe\u2014there never is on any platform\u2014and there is also no promise that you won\u2019t encroach on others\u2019 privacy.<\/p>\n

If you are the type of person who fancies turning themself into a walking, talking, human recorder, I would suggest going for a walk, touching some grass, perhaps reading a book or calling a loved one. Optimization isn\u2019t everything, and we have to draw the line somewhere. Personally, my line ends a good deal before 24\/7 surveillance machines like the MemoMind One, even if the hardware and features feel refined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smart glasses are taking a lot of heat right now, and almost all of it is because of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[900,8547,74,5940,339598],"class_list":["post-799748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-reviews","tag-smart-glasses","tag-technology","tag-wearables","tag-xgimi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}