Google's eyewear based mobile computer, aka the Google
Glass is only available to lucky 'Explorers' hand picked by Google themselves, but that doesn't mean you can have your very own Google
Glass experience! Learn how to
install Google
Glass on your
Android phone right here!
Before you try this out please understand that you do so at your own
risk. I installed Google
Glass on my
Xiaomi Mi2 with no ill effects, but that isn't to say you won't run in to problems on your own phone!
Installing Google
Glass is really simple thanks to Android developer Zhouwei, who has kindly spent time and effort to create a Google
Glass api which you can
install just as you would any Android application. Just head over to
Zhuowei's GitHub page here and download then install the apk named glasshome-modded.apk.
Once installed you can open Google
Glass like another Android
app and interact with it using your voice and the command "ok glass".
I tried out a few things after installing the camera and maps apks too and was able to get my Xiaomi to find directions and even take photos by using the "ok glass…" commands. Certain
features like making a call, messaging and hangouts crashed the
app for me, but you might have better luck.
Watch Google Glass running on a Xiaomi Mi2 If you do decide to install Google Glass on your Android phone or tablet, let us know how you get on with it in the comments below!