Guys, I’m trying. Right now, as I type these words, I am trying on multiple levels. Trying to understand, trying to be fair, and I’m trying really, really hard to breathe through my nostrils, given the enormous weight of our AR glasses future resting uncomfortably on my nose.
The thing is, you shouldn’t need to try hard to justify wearing AR smart glasses. Any pair that doesn’t just work is dead on arrival. I want the future, and the AR glasses that come with it. but unfortunately, with the $900 Inmo Air 3, trying is the best I’m going to get, and that, dear reader, is what I’d call a major drag.
Inmo Air 3 The Inmo Air 3 AR smart glasses should be avoided at all costs. 1.5 Pros The screen can be sharp when you actually see it
Lots of cool ideas (in theory) Cons Bad fit on my face made the screen hard to see
The smart ring doesn't work as promised
Bad build quality; parts started to break
A lot of money for something that doesn't work
Aggravating in almost every way possible
Inm-oh my God, please help
Let’s start from the top. Inmo is a Chinese purveyor of smart glasses that recently launched its Inmo Air 3 via Kickstarter, a pair of Android-powered AR glasses that tout a few enticing ideas and features. One of those selling points is a full-color screen that is 1080p, and the other is a novel input method for navigating UI inside the glasses using a smart ring. Both of those ideas caught my attention during IFA 2025, which is why I chose to write about them in September. Those features, coupled with the fact that you can run pretty much any app in 2D by just downloading it from the Google Play Store via the glasses UI felt like they could be a winning combo.
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