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Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) vs Spectacles 5 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) is further along: at the commercial stage versus Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

Spectacles 5 has the lower recorded price.
Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) is at the commercial stage; Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage.

Attribute	No image on file Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame)View full model page →	No image on file Spectacles 5 View full model page →
Manufacturer	Brilliant Labs	Snap Inc
Form factor	wearable	wearable
Maturity	commercial	pilot
Autonomy	—	—
Availability	shipping-nowshipping	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	$299-$349 (actual sale price)	$99/month subscription (actual sale price)
Capability claims	—	—
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	1Brilliant Labs	1Snap Inc
Privacy practices	11data-retention, cloud-upload, data-deletion-control, data-sale, bystander-recording, training-data-use, location-tracking, on-device-processing, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, third-party-sharing	10training-data-use, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, location-tracking, data-retention, cloud-upload, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, bystander-recording, on-device-processing
Sources on file	8	9

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Editorial summaries

Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame)

Brilliant Labs makes open-source AI smart glasses: the Frame (2024) and the newer Halo (announced July 2025). Both are open-source (hardware and SDK on GitHub; Lua on-device plus Python/Flutter), which sets them apart from the closed Meta and Humane ecosystems. The Noa assistant routes to cloud models (Perplexity, OpenAI, Whisper), and Halo licenses Liquid AI's on-device model.

Pricing runs about $349 for Frame and $299 to $349 for Halo. AI substance is moderate: developer-accessible and hackable rather than the most polished.

Spectacles 5

Snap's Spectacles 5 are standalone AR glasses (Snap OS, dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking and voice, four cameras, ~46-degree field of view, ~45-minute runtime) and the AR-first corner of the wearable-AI cohort, distinct from the capture-first recorders (Plaud, Omi) and the assistant-first camera glasses (Meta Ray-Ban, Rokid). The AI is genuine: multimodal Lenses and a 'My AI' assistant powered by OpenAI and Google's Gemini (read signs, translate menus, identify objects).

DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity, because it is not a consumer product: distribution is developer-only, a $99-per-month subscription with a one-year commitment, US-only, not retail. There is therefore no consumer purchase price. A next-generation consumer device, 'Specs', is targeted for 2026 but has not shipped.

Common questions

How do Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Spectacles 5 differ?

On DEPLOY's record, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) is further along: at the commercial stage versus Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage, as of 2026. Spectacles 5 has the lower recorded price. Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) is at the commercial stage; Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage.

What is the difference between Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Spectacles 5?

Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Spectacles 5 are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

Which is cheaper, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) or Spectacles 5?

Spectacles 5 has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame). Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.

Which has more verified deployments, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) or Spectacles 5?

Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Spectacles 5 each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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