Most AR glasses on sale today share a quiet limitation: their displays show information in a single colour, usually green. It works for text and directions, but it’s a long way from the vivid overlays in every AR concept video. On October 27, Chinese glasses maker Rokid took a step toward closing that gap.
At its Rokid Jungle 2026 event in Hangzhou, the company announced full-colour AR glasses, a second-generation version of its current glasses, and a ring you control with small finger gestures.
Rokid Color: the headline act
The new Rokid Color glasses have a full-colour display in both lenses, powered by what Rokid calls an exclusive Micro LED full-colour light engine, and they weigh 55 grams. They’re priced from 4,999 yuan in China, roughly $700, with a higher-memory version at 5,499 yuan, and they’re due to ship from April 2027. You’ll be able to control them by touching the arm of the glasses, by voice, from a smartwatch, by eye tracking, or with Rokid’s new ring.
Colour matters more than it might sound. Earlier this month, market research firm TrendForce described full-colour displays for everyday glasses as one of the industry’s biggest unsolved technical challenges. Making a display bright, efficient and small enough to hide in a normal frame is hard enough in one colour. Doing it in full colour is a much bigger ask. If Rokid’s glasses deliver when they ship, that’s a meaningful step.
Rokid Glasses 2: available now in China
For people who don’t want to wait, Rokid also launched its second-generation Rokid Glasses, on sale in China from today at 3,699 yuan, roughly $520. That’s a notable jump from the first generation’s 2,499 yuan.
According to early coverage, the upgrades include a dual-chip design, a night mode for video, Dolby audio, wider-opening flexible arms, and magnetic lenses that make swapping prescription or tinted lenses easier. Rokid also says it has reduced two common annoyances with its display: light leaking out of the lens, and rainbow-coloured streaks.
The ring might be the real story
Some of the early Chinese coverage argued that the real star of the show was the new Rokid ring, priced at 1,699 yuan, roughly $240. It lets you control your glasses with tiny finger gestures, such as rubbing your fingers together or a snap, so you can turn pages, skip tracks, take photos or confirm what you’ve asked the AI to do without looking at anything. One report says it reads the electrical signals in your hand muscles, a technique called electromyography (EMG). It also doubles as a health tracker, monitoring heart rate, temperature, blood oxygen and sleep.
The idea was summed up neatly in one early report: the glasses display, your voice explains, and micro-gestures confirm. It’s a clear answer to Meta, which pairs its Ray-Ban Display glasses with a gesture-reading wristband. A ring is smaller and easier to forget you’re wearing.
Our take
Rokid is one of the four brands TrendForce says hold more than half the AR glasses market, so this isn’t a small player making promises. And we like the direction. Full colour is the upgrade that turns AR glasses from a handy notification screen into something closer to what people imagine when they hear the term.
Two caveats, though. The Rokid Color doesn’t ship until April 2027, and launch-day claims are not reviews, so we’ll reserve judgement on how good that colour display really is until people have it on their faces. And there’s no word yet on launches outside China. For now, it’s a strong signal of where the whole category is heading: from green text to full colour, and from tapping your glasses to quietly moving your fingers.