After receiving XE17.3 only last week, the Project Glass team is back again releasing, not only another small update for the Google Glass
Explorer Edition, but the MyGlass companion app as well. Why both?
That’s because of a new feature hitting Glass that will finally
introduce a feature I’ve been requesting from the headset since day 1:
the ability to transfer pics directly from Glass to your smartphone.
It’s safe to say we all know about Glass’ hands-free photo capturing
capabilities and despite only shooting at 5MP, the built in HDR makes
for some amazing looking snapshots. The problem was (up until this new
update rolling out later this week) you’d have to either plug your Glass
in to an outlet before all the images would sync to your Google+
account, or you’d have to upload each pic individually by sharing it
with someone.
Only then could you use your smartphone to dive into Google+ and
download to your device. Needless to say, this was incredibly
troublesome and resulted in a ton of great photos never seeing the light
of day on other social accounts like Instagram or Twitter.
The Google Glass team also mentions a few new Google Now features
will also be arriving on the headset, with the scores of your favorite
World Cup teams now displaying as a card (this will need to be
configured in the Google Now app on your smartphone). Also new is the
inclusion of Google Now’s handy parking locator card, as well as package
shipping notifications.
In a smaller tweak, the MyGlass app will also now notify you when
your Glass battery drops below 20% which is typically after 2 hours of
use (we kid, but seriously… it’s rough). According to the screenshots,
looks like this will be XE18.1.
[Glass Journal | MyGlass on Google Play]
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