Global innovation – 100 g AR glasses goolton g520 – already integrated with IKSAR
In early 2026, the Chinese company Goolton sent information to its clients and partners about the market launch of its newest AR glasses model, the Goolton G520.
The IKSAR team received the new G520 back in November 2025 directly from the manufacturer for early testing and adaptation to its own software platform.
In this review, we share our first impressions.
The Goolton G520 are binocular AR glasses with full-color waveguide displays. The gadget is very compact and hardly distinguishable from traditional prescription glasses, weighs only 100 g, fits comfortably on the nose, and does not put pressure on the bridge. The glasses stay securely on the head and do not slip off. Many AR glasses manufacturers with a similar form factor promise in future releases the ability to order prescription lenses pre-integrated into the device at the factory.
The device is easy to control thanks to a scroll wheel on the right temple of the glasses. On the left temple there is a power button and a volume control button, but in our opinion it would have been better to place them on different sides, as they are easy to confuse. The glasses interface is available in English and Chinese.
The Goolton G520 display has good transparency (82%), a field of view of 26°, a resolution of 640×400, brightness of up to 500 nits, and a contrast ratio of 100,000:1.
The glasses are equipped with a 16 MP camera with good autofocus. If the glasses are paired with a smartphone via Bluetooth, photos and videos can be viewed immediately on the phone in a dedicated app.
The Goolton G520 has a built-in 650 mAh battery, charges quickly, and operates for about 2 hours in active mode, or about 4 hours under light load.
The G520 runs WebbOS based on Android 9. The glasses are equipped with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. There is no MicroSD card slot and no SIM card slot, but eSIM support is expected, although it has not yet been possible to verify this. Somewhat unusually, any installed application can only be removed using ADB.
The recommended operating temperature for the glasses is from 0 to 40°C.
Goolton has integrated a set of basic AI-powered applications into the G520 model for speech processing, including real-time translation into multiple languages and a teleprompter for effective presentations and speeches.
The basic online translation application supports 12 languages (Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic), and 5 languages in offline mode (Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese). To activate and configure the translator, the glasses must be integrated with a smartphone and a dedicated application must be downloaded and set up.
To use the built-in teleprompter, the text must be uploaded in TXT format via a dedicated smartphone app, where font size and color can also be configured. During a presentation, the text can be scrolled using the wheel. There is also a real-time speech analyzer that synchronizes with document scrolling, as well as an “Intelligent follow” mode that combines precise matching and fuzzy matching technologies. Even if the speaker jumps around the text, misses lines, or improvises, the system can respond flexibly, ensuring smooth text transitions. The fuzzy matching technology works only with text visible on the screen. The speech analyzer works for English and Chinese; for Russian, only manual scrolling using the wheel is available.
The built-in Guli-AI chatbot supports English and Chinese. Responses are voiced through dual speakers. In Russian, the bot currently can only answer the question “Do you speak Russian?”, after which it closes.
Another useful everyday application for AR glasses is the voice recorder, whose text transcription can be viewed in the smartphone app.
Our developers ensured full compatibility of the Goolton G520 with the IKSAR platform within two weeks, including support for Russian voice control. We see great potential for the use of the Goolton G520 in indoor environments or warm climates across various fields, including education, work in medical laboratories, visual inspection, quality control operations, and many others.