Rokid began taking pre-orders for the Rokid Ai Glasses Style, a pair of AI glasses with no display, on September 1. The price is 64,990 yen including tax, and the pre-order window closes on September 14. The frame weighs 38.5g without prescription lenses, and it answers to both ChatGPT and Gemini by voice. What Rokid did with the weight it saved by dropping the display is the most interesting part of this product.

Dropping the display bought 38.5 grams

AI glasses currently split into two camps over whether to put information in your field of view. The Style belongs to the camp that does not. There is no display in the lenses, so AI answers and translation results come back through the open-ear speakers and the companion app instead.

What the design gains in exchange is weight. The body comes in at 38.5g without prescription lenses. The frame uses TR90, the hinges are titanium alloy, and the nose pads use an air-cushion structure. The frame measures 149mm between hinges, with a 53mm lens width, 50.6mm lens height, 21mm bridge width, and 157mm temple length, which puts it inside the range of ordinary eyewear on paper.

Looking like a normal pair of glasses is a feature in itself for this category. There are still plenty of meeting rooms and shops where a visible display makes the people around you uneasy, and this design goes after that problem first.

Built around prescription lenses

The clearest claim the Style makes is about vision correction. It covers powers from -15.00D to +15.00D, which takes in high myopia, astigmatism, progressive lenses, and presbyopia. Lens options include progressive, photochromic, tinted, blue-light filtering, UV blocking, and polarized finishes. Photochromic lenses come in 6 colors, and prescription lenses can be ordered in more than 200 color options.

The difference from the higher-end model is that prescription lenses go directly into the frame rather than through a clip-on inner frame. For anyone hoping to replace the glasses they already wear every day, that detail decides the purchase.

ChatGPT and Gemini by voice, translation in 76 languages

The AI wakes on the phrase Hi Rokid or on a two-finger tap of the temple. Responses run on ChatGPT and Gemini, and real-time translation covers up to 76 languages. Voice control itself is accepted in 12 languages, Japanese among them.

Beyond translation, the glasses offer voice navigation, AI image recognition that identifies what is in front of you and returns related information, and an AI meeting-notes feature that records conversations and summarizes the key points. Because there is no display, translated subtitles cannot appear in your field of view, so results arrive through audio and the app. That will disappoint anyone who wants to read along, but when listening is enough, this route is lighter.

Head gestures are also part of the control scheme. Nod to answer an incoming call, shake your head to end it. One press takes a photo, and a long press switches between video and audio recording.

A 12MP Sony IMX681 camera and up to 12 hours of use

The camera is a 12MP Sony IMX681 with an F2.25 aperture and a 109-degree field of view. Stills top out at 3,024 x 4,032 pixels, roughly 4K, and video reaches 3K at 30fps. An indicator light stays on during recording so people nearby can tell that the camera is running.

Processing is handled by a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 with 2GB of memory and 32GB of storage. Connectivity covers Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3. Audio comes out of 2 directional Hi-Fi speakers, and a 4-microphone array handles input.

The 210mAh battery is rated for up to 12 hours of typical use and charges to 80 percent in about 20 minutes. Broken down by task, that is 2 hours of continuous translation, 45 minutes of video recording, 5 hours of calls, and 6 hours of music playback. An optional capsule battery or charging case extends runtime away from a desk.

Pre-order perks and how it sits against the flagship

Pre-orders run from September 1 until 23:59:59 on September 14. Orders placed in that window include a portable charging case worth 12,990 yen including tax at no charge, bringing a 77,980 yen bundle down to 64,990 yen. Shipping starts on September 14 in order of reservation. Quantities are limited, so the offer ends once stock runs out, even inside the window. Sales are exclusive to the official Rokid online store, and the colors are black and grey. Future Model Inc. handles distribution in Japan.

Rokid also sells a flagship model with a display, the Rokid smart AI glasses. That model weighs 49g and carries binocular Micro-LED waveguide displays with a 30-degree field of view and up to 1,500 nits, putting translation subtitles and navigation directly in the lenses. Its translation reaches up to 89 languages. Choose the flagship if you want answers in your line of sight, and the Style if you want something closer to the glasses you already wear. Rokid makes that split explicit by placing the two side by side on its own product page.

Summary

The Rokid Ai Glasses Style trades the display for a 38.5g frame and genuine support for prescription lenses. Voice responses from ChatGPT and Gemini, translation across 76 languages, and a 12MP camera cover most of what can be built without putting anything in front of your eyes. Whether 64,990 yen including tax feels close enough to the price of replacing a pair of glasses is the open question, and the units shipping from September 14 should start to answer it.