Canadian smart glasses tech will stop working, weeks after company bought by Google
A pair of Focals glasses, which receive and send text messages, order Uber rides, display the time and weather and do anything Amazon's voice-based virtual assistant does, are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Thalmic LabsTORONTO -- An Ontario-based tech company acquired by Google last month has told customers that its smart glasses will no longer work after Friday.
, North said Focals 1.0, its first generation of smart glasses released last year, will be discontinued. The wearables company also said it has cancelled any plans to ship its second-generation Focals 2.0.
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