Buying guide
Even G1 vs Mentra Live in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
On DEPLOY's record, Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 versus 1) than Even G1 as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.
- Mentra Live has the lower recorded price.
- Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1).
| Attribute | No image on file | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Even Realities | Mentra |
| Form factor | wearable | wearable |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | $599 (actual sale price) | $349 (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 1Even Realities | 4 |
| Privacy practices | 2cloud-upload, data-retention | — |
| Sources on file | 8 | 1 |
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Editorial summaries
Even G1
The Even Realities G1 is minimalist display HUD smart glasses (44g, magnesium/titanium, looking like ordinary eyeglasses) with a monochrome green waveguide display and, deliberately, no camera, speakers, or audio. It does turn-by-turn navigation, teleprompter, real-time translation, notifications, and transcription well; its 'Even AI' is a thin cloud Q&A wrapper (Perplexity/ChatGPT), placing it at the veneer end of the AI-substance spectrum: the glasses are a good display device, the 'AI' is a light add-on. Pricing is $599 base, plus $150 for prescription lenses and $100 for a sun clip; about 1.5-day battery.
Mentra Live
Mentra Live smart glasses are available for purchase directly from mentraglass.com and are shipping now; Batch 1 sold out and Batch 2 is on sale, limited to 1,000 units per batch. Mentra Live is priced at $349 USD as listed on the manufacturer's website; prescription lens add-on is $99 USD.
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Recent coverage
- Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, TencentEven G1 · TechCrunch – Hardware · 2026-07-06
- Even Realities' G2 Smart Glasses Will Keep An Eye On Your AI Agent - EngadgetEven G1 · Google News · 2026-04-30
- Mentra Raises $8 Million To Launch Open-Source OS For Smart GlassesMentra Live · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2025-07-01
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