Re: [EchoVision Beta Users] Glass battery draining speed is faster than charging on aIRA call

[Buddy Brannan]

Hi y’all,

I’m sure Huasong would be best equipped to address this absolutely valid concern, but I have thoughts. 

Charging batteries necessarily generates heat. Also, fast charging can impact battery life over the long term. All batteries have a limited number of charge/discharge cycles, that is, one complete cycle is a charge from ful to flat, then back to full. I’m not sure what the spec is for the batteries we’re using, but generally, lithium ion batteries are rated for something between 500 and 1,000 cycles. Let’s suppose you discharge a battery to 60%, then another time to 80%, and another time to 60%. Those three sessions make a full 100% cycle. Again in general, lithium ion batteries are happiest at something between 40% and 80% charge. Other things, like temperaturem will also affect battery charge and charge times. 

As mentioned, charging will generate heat, and heat is the enemy both of batteries and of solid state electronics generally. Not to mention human skin. So, ideally, we need to find the balance between charge rate and heat. Especially with a battery that’s sitting against the side of your head. Clearly we still need to do more to balance those factors so that usage and charging at least stay even. 

Beyond that, I’ll leave the particulars to Huasong to address. 

Make it a great day, y’all. 

--

Buddy Brannan

Customer Support And Training Specialist

Agiga

Email: bud...@agiga.ai

On Nov 20, 2025, at 4:47 AM, Amy Ruell <woma...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,
I must echo Rogers sentiments here. Particularly given the connectivity issues in hotels and on cruise ships and an unfamiliar areas, I don’t think these classes are going to succeed if we don’t have good solid extended connections with visual, interpreting services like Aira and Be My Eyes. The battery draining issue is a huge concern. I think the primary competition for these classes is the Meta Ray bands. They are coming out or have come out with better battery life. I don’t want to buy them for many reasons, but I think that this is a game changer for Agiga if extended battery life particularly when using visual interpreter services is a priority.
Amy.
Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 19, 2025, at 7:58 PM, Roger R. Cusson <ro...@rogercusson.com> wrote:


I sincerely want to chime in on this extremely concerning topic.
I have brought this to the attention of the chief technical officer, and I did not really get any adequate response. Please note, this extremely serious battery draining issue would be the same for the service called BeMyEyes. The glasses, the processor, the battery, whatever we want to blame it on, simply cannot keep up with the high demands of a live Fully engaged video streaming session, such as what you have just described below. I feel that it is imperative that the staff at Agiga understand, and actually more than understand, actually take affirmative action, to make this not occur with whatever next iteration of glasses are made.
Not everyone is just going to press the AI button a couple of times, get some basic scene descriptions, and be on their way. I, purchased the glasses originally, with the express use for visual interpretation services. The battery, processor, whatever Agiga wants to blame it on, simply cannot keep up with the demands of a live streaming session, in hopes of being able to charge the glasses or keep the glasses at a sustained, usable power level, to complete a rather long and detailed call to visual interpretation services. I am calling out the folks at Agiga to disclose what they intend to do about this Rather troublesome situation of having a live video streaming session, take so much of the glass resources or battery, that even a high powered battery charger or battery pack or in your case, the supplied charging case cannot keep up with the demands of the battery drain from the internal battery and all of the processes that are happening. Let’s hopefully hear back from the team at Agiga, as to what they intend to do about this rather troublesome and problematic Situation.



Roger R. Cusson
Assistive Technology Specialist
Seeing Hands Enterprises - Lisbon, Maine
Website: https://rogercusson.com/seeing-hands-enterprises
TEL: (207) 353-5007
X/Twitter Contact: @rcusson

A quote to live by:
“Any program that works perfectly, simply hasn’t been tested properly!”

On Nov 19, 2025, at 5:58 PM, 'Amy Liu' via EchoVision Beta Users <beta-f...@agiga.ai> wrote:

Hello all, I did an Ira call yesterday Tried to have the agent help me assemble a drum set. I started out with over 90% on my glass, I plugged the glass into the case through a retractable USB cable. The Glass announce power is connected. The Aira call lasted about 30 minutes and my battery was down to about 15% even though it was connected to the case the whole time. Therefore, the battery draining speed on an Ira call is actually faster than the charging speed. But one  positive aspect was that even my glass was down to under 20%, the quality was still pretty good both video and audio compare  to before. I did check from time to time to see if my glass was charging from the case and it was. It would be good if at some point, the Glass will be able to drain the battery at least the same amount of speed as charging so having a extended battery around would help. Otherwise as the current status where the glass is at, we might only be able to use the glass about 30 minutes with aira and extended battery wouldn’t help either.

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beta-feedbac...@agiga.ai.

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beta-feedbac...@agiga.ai.

--

Buddy Brannan

Customer Support And Training Specialist

Agiga

Email: bud...@agiga.ai

[Gene Warner]

To avoid the risks of having a lithium ion battery over heat, I am happy to use an external power source where needed rather than risk having my glasses catch fire while I am using them.

Gene...
I am friends with the monster under my bed
I get along with the voices inside of my head

> --
> You're receiving this message because you're subscribed to the EchoVision Community Forum.
>
> To view the archive or catch up on discussions:
> https://groups.google.com/a/agiga.ai/g/echovision-discuss
>
> To unsubscribe, send an email to:
> echovision-disc...@agiga.ai
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to echovision-disc...@agiga.ai.
>
>

[Luis Arellano]

So does this mean the glasses will be delayed even more now so they can look into the battery?

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 20, 2025, at 3:49 AM, Buddy Brannan <bud...@agiga.ai> wrote:



--
You're receiving this message because you're subscribed to the EchoVision Community Forum.
 
To view the archive or catch up on discussions:
https://groups.google.com/a/agiga.ai/g/echovision-discuss
 
To unsubscribe, send an email to:
echovision-disc...@agiga.ai

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to echovision-disc...@agiga.ai.

[Gene Warner]

I hope not, my primary use won't be for live visual interpretation services like Aira and BeMyEyes so the battery drain issue isn't a problem for me.

Gene...
I am friends with the monster under my bed
I get along with the voices inside of my head

----- Original Message -----

[Buddy Brannan]

I don’t think so. Charging, and charge reporting, are functions of software. I’m ultimately not an engineer, but I have seen nothing to suggest further hardware delays.

--

Buddy Brannan

Customer Support And Training Specialist

Agiga

Email: bud...@agiga.ai

[Orlando Johnson [Vision Services]]

Orlando Johnson

On Nov 20, 2025, at 7:28 AM, Buddy Brannan <bud...@agiga.ai> wrote:

I don’t think so. Charging, and charge reporting, are functions of software. I’m ultimately not an engineer, but I have seen nothing to suggest further hardware delays.

[Gregory Nowak]

We should also keep in mind that the final product will have a battery
with more capacity, which will hopefully at least partially solve this
problem. Starting with a fully charged glasses battery, and hooking up
to an external battery pack before starting a lengthy AiRa or BeMyEyes
call is probably not a bad idea either if possible

This does bring up a question though. I know we can press the AI
button five times to get battery status. However, will there be a
battery low alert, and if yes, how much time do we have to react on a
agent or volunteer call before the battery dies?

Greg

--
web site: http://www.gregn.net
gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc

--
Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-m...@EU.org