Google Glass XE5 Software Update Now Available, Glass Explorers See Several Improvements
Great news for anyone who actually owns Google Glass, as the Android-powered wearable glasses just began receiving a significant software update. The update not only bumps the software up to XE5, but also brings with it a more reliable estimation of the remaining battery charge, incoming notifications for Google+ and Hangouts, crash reporting and a required combo of a power source and Wi-Fi connection for background uploads. The full XE5 changelog can be found below:
- Change to sync policy: require power + Wi-Fi for background uploads
- Crash reporting
- Incoming G+ notifications (direct shares, comments, +mentions), including ability to comment and +1
- Incoming Hangout notifications
- Transcription of queries & messages is now wicked-fast
- Long-press to search from anywhere in the UI (no longer just from off)
- International number dialing + SMS
- Hop animation on disallowed swipes in the UI
- New On-Head Detection calibration flow
- Show device Serial Number on Device Info card
- More reliable estimation of battery charge remaining
- New recipient-list mosaic
Google still expects to launch the public version of Glass by the end of 2013, so expect to see more updates headed to developers in the interim. If you have a pair and already received the update don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
