INMO GO3 Targets 98 Languages, Wins IFA Innovation Award

On September 4, INMO announced its GO3 smart glasses were named an IFA Innovation Award Honoree in the Best in IFA Next and Emerging Technologies category at IFA 2026 in Berlin. The company centered its IFA presentation on the GO3's live translation capabilities.

The GO3 weighs 58 grams and features binocular green Micro-LED panels with diffractive waveguides. INMO states its dual-eye display offers a 640x480 resolution, up to 1,500 nits brightness, and a 30-degree field of view, designed to ensure legibility of subtitles, directions, and teleprompter text outdoors.

Translation is the GO3's primary use case. INMO highlights real-time translation from 77 source languages into 98 target languages, with subtitles appearing in the wearer's line of sight. Additional translation features include photo translation, offline support for nine languages on Android and thirteen on iOS, bilingual or translation-only display modes, and two-way conversation translation when paired with the INMO Speaker accessory. A companion phone app tracks translation history and provides AI summaries of sessions.

Beyond translation, INMO states the glasses support meeting transcription with AI-generated summaries and action items, an AI teleprompter, and hands-free navigation via HERE Maps. General queries can be handled through integrated ChatGPT and Gemini access. Power is supplied by a 270 mAh swappable battery, which INMO rates for approximately three hours of continuous translation. A 1,300 mAh charging case provides three to four refills. The GO3 retailed for 599 dollars, following a 499 dollar Kickstarter campaign.

The GO3 launches into a competitive season. Meta leads in distribution with the Ray-Ban Display, offering live captions and translated subtitles on a monocular in-lens display. However, published reviews indicate its language coverage is limited to a handful of European languages.

Other contenders include Rokid Glasses, which claim 89 languages of live translation with side-by-side bilingual subtitles on 49-gram dual monochrome displays. Even Realities also showcased its camera-free G2 at IFA, a 36-gram titanium pair emphasizing translation and privacy. Reviewers at the show described the G2's Mandarin-to-English translation demo as particularly convincing, citing its speed and accuracy. Halliday offers a more budget-friendly option with a small projected display and on-the-fly language pair switching.

Our take: The market is clearly shifting. Brands are prioritizing practical use cases like live translation over abstract AR promises, with display technology steadily improving in brightness and weight. While Meta dominates retail presence and Even Realities carves out a privacy niche, INMO currently claims the broadest language coverage among shipping translation glasses. This season's narrative is less about augmented reality overlays and more about bridging communication gaps.