[bookwormAT]

The thing I didn't get is how you operate glass? I understand you can use your voice, but surly there must be an alternative way: Google voice, as great as it is, is not really reliable enough to use it as its only driver. I also don't think Google will design a device that forces you to talk to it in public.

I think I read somewhere that there was some kind of touchpad on the side? But how do you enter text (like search queries) into the device? Or is this supposed to be operated from a connected smartphone?

Somehow related, I fear that this will take years until it reaches me here in Europe. Google Voice still only knows who's president of the united states if you ask it in english.

[canttestthis]

Its in the article. Theres a minitouchpad on the right side, you enter search queries through voice, and Glass connects to your smartphone through Bluetooth to use its 3G/4G/Wifi connection.

[tomkarlo]

At least for English users, Google voice commands are pretty damn amazing these days - it's pretty rare that Google Now on my Nexus 4 misses, aside from heavy background noise and folks who decide to start talking in the car when you're trying to ask it to navigate somewhere.

For simple, prompted, two or three work commands, it would work even more reliably.

[mathieuh]

I also just find it plain weird talking to inanimate objects. I can't bring myself to use Google Now in public because I have this irrational fear of people thinking I'm a weirdo.