Long ago it was pointed out that Google Glass It would be available to the public at the beginning of 2014, but finally, day after day, we have seen how the reality has been totally different. Finally, a period began in April in which glasses could be purchased without an invitation required, something that ended quickly and is available again today.
Availability was announced this morning in a post on the Google social network, Google+, in which they have clarified the reason for this movement. Basically your goal is to get a more open beta, expanding the number of explorers (that's the name of all those users who are lucky enough to have one of these glasses today) to continue improving the possibilities of Google Glass. Unfortunately, the glasses can only be purchased in the United States, so if we enter the Glass Store, it will not allow us to carry out the transaction in which they offer us a totally free titanium frame.
The price for the glasses continues to be U.S. dollar 1.500, an amount that no user likes since, according to information from last year, Google would lower the glasses in its commercial launch in a significant way. However, we must remember that this is not yet a global commercial launch, but rather a explorer program expansion, so we could expect Google Glass to go on sale at a more attractive price at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the XE 17.1 update is already underway.
Although this is a minor update, it does include some pretty significant improvements and fixes for explorers. Mostly, the overall performance has increased, as well as the speed when taking pictures and the response of the TouchPad. The update also allows share places from our Android device with Maps to Google Glass, a very important function for all those who use glasses as a kind of GPS.
On the other hand, those from Mountain View have also slightly updated the MyGlass application to allow entering passwords for Wi-Fi networks or change some properties of the interface.
Via 9to5Google