Google Glass Price And Release Date: Newest Update On AR Lens Makes It Easier To Find Your Way Back Home & Keep Track Of Appts, 2014 Launch Date Still Expected

Google Glass price and release date details are yet to be pegged by the tech giant, but regular updates for the device signifies that Google is determined to enhance the high-profile AR lens and ready it for consumer release. Many, however, still speculate that it could be ready by sometime next year.

November’s monthly update include an enhance Glass that makes it easier for the user to find his or her way back home. According to The Verge, Google added “by popular demand” a feature that allows you to ask say, “okay Glass, get directions home” to pull-up directions to where you want to go.

The Mountain View tech giant also wants to make it easier for Glass users to keep track of appointments in their calendar. The new command, “okay glass, Google my agenda” enables you to identify your calendar and you can even get more specific like, “what am I doing in November?”

According to the company blog, the new feature promises that the feature “will help you get there on time, keep track of what’s next, and avoid double-booking."

Release date for the device is still speculated sometime in 2014, with many suggesting that it could come as early as first quarter of next year. According to The Verge, in a move to expand the Glass Explorer for the first time since it began, Google shows intent in wanting to have the AR lens in the hands of more followers.

The Financial Times reported that existing Glass owners “will be able to have a limited number of friends to buy the device,” but Google already launched an invite system three months ago, which allows participants to the Explorers program to do just that. Google may still be planning to send out more invites to further increase the diversity of its Glass test audience before finally releasing it to the public.

Google confirmed the story to The Verge, saying that the invite system is in place but the $1,500 entry fee remains. Google has also made some changes in Glass that would allow it to support “future lines” of shades and prescription frames, according to The Verge. Members of the Explorers program who got the device before October 28, 2013 will be provided a one-time swap for the upgraded hardware, which includes a mono earbud. They can also use the new provision to get a different color of the AR lens.

There’s no clue as to when is the second-round launch of the Glass Explorer program, but a large structure floating in the San Francisco Bay is said to be a possible Google-owned property where the device would be unveiled publicly.

Google Glass is speculated to be the next big thing in technology at large, with a Forrester research saying that it could well be the next iPhone.