Innovative Eyewear, Inc. Announces Major New AI and News Features for Lucyd App
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Innovative Eyewear (Nasdaq: LUCY) announced a major update to its Lucyd app for iOS and Android, adding several AI-driven features for its smart eyewear lines, including Lucyd, Lucyd Armor, Reebok, Eddie Bauer and Nautica.
The update introduces a customizable Newscast widget, which uses a large language model to generate on-demand, podcast-style audio news reports based on user-selected keywords and length, triggered by the “Lucyd News” voice command or within the app. The newscast feature is expected to go live next week. The app now also integrates Google’s Gemini alongside ChatGPT and Claude for both standard LLM queries and AI image generation, with future plans for custom Gemini API key support. Additional upgrades include multimodal AI, allowing users to move seamlessly between visual and audio conversations while preserving context, and new Android-specific enhancements such as setting Lucyd as the device-level assistant and a floating widget for fast AI model switching.
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Market Reaction – LUCY
Following this news, LUCY has declined 1.60%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction. The stock is currently trading at $0.67. Trading volume is exceptionally heavy at 13.5x the average, suggesting significant selling pressure.
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Previous AI Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10 | AI integration | Positive | +0.9% | Claude integration expanded AI model access across Lucyd smart eyewear. |
| May 14 | AI calling feature | Positive | +1.4% | Real-time AI translated calls launched across iOS and Android. |
| Nov 04 | Smart eyewear launch | Positive | -8.2% | Four Lucyd Armor variants launched alongside ANSI safety certification. |
| Sep 10 | Translation feature | Positive | +5.7% | Verbal translation expanded Lucyd app support to 17 languages. |
| May 29 | App feature update | Positive | +15.5% | Shopping, Siri, and natural voice features were added to the app. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Tag-specific AI announcements were generally followed by positive reactions, although one smart-eyewear launch diverged with a negative response.
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Custom Newscasts
The main feature in the update is the addition of the Newscast widget, which allows users to create custom, generative AI news reports to be read out on Lucyd eyewear. The user simply enters the widget and chooses from a list of custom settings, such as interest keywords and the desired length of the newscast. Then the user can activate the news report with the "Lucyd News" voice command on Lucyd eyewear, or by triggering it from the widget. The app uses a large language model (LLM) to create an on-demand news report in the style of a news podcast based on the user's interests, and delivers it to the eyewear nearly instantly. The app pulls recent news to make the report, refreshing with a new report every time the command is given. This feature allows users to quickly track important subjects and stories handsfree and on-the-go, without having to scroll numerous news sites to find the information they are looking for. Vocalizing the information in the style of a news podcast makes it more entertaining than simply reading news sites. The feature will be live in the app next week.
Gemini Integration
In addition to ChatGPT and Claude options in the app's AI modules, the Company has added the ability to consult Google's Gemini service for AI image generation and standard LLM queries. Custom API key entry is planned for the future to allow users to sync this experience with their main Gemini account. The feature is currently live.
Multimodal AI
AI conversations can now take place across the app's visual interface and the audio interface of the glasses seamlessly. Users can pick up a thread started in visual mode in audio mode, and vice-versa, with full conversational and upload context available to the AI. This offers flexible AI support that adjusts to your individual needs throughout the day. These multimodal AI chats can be saved and exported. The feature is currently live.
Android Upgrades
Android users get two useful upgrades in this update. First, they can now set Lucyd as their device-level voice assistant, instantly accessing the Lucyd app's AI models from the phone's action button or from Lucyd glasses, without the need for an additional voice command. Additionally, Android users can now quickly flip between AI models with the new floating Lucyd widget that appears when the assistant is activated.
Harrison Gross, CEO of Innovative Eyewear said "As a constant news reader myself, I have long wanted a better way to learn about what's happening in the world. A custom, AI-generated podcast perfectly tailored to the individual is an elegant solution for cutting down screen time and impulsive scrolling, while still getting the information you want. Additionally, I believe the new Gemini access and improved Android interface will delight our more Google-inclined users. We look forward to continuing to add more features to the Lucyd app, to make our glasses an ever-more customizable tool for our customers."
About Innovative Eyewear, Inc.
Innovative Eyewear is a developer & manufacturer of cutting-edge ChatGPT enabled smart eyewear, under the Lucyd®, Nautica®, Eddie Bauer® and Reebok® brands. True to our mission to Upgrade Your Eyewear®, our Bluetooth audio glasses allow users to stay safely and ergonomically connected to their digital lives and are offered in hundreds of frame and lens combinations to meet the needs of the optical, sunglass, sporting goods and safety eyewear markets. To learn more and explore our continuously evolving collection of smart eyewear, please visit www.lucyd.co.
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