What Google Mystery Device Could Be

FCC filing hints at new product that could be second coming of Google Glass.

ByABC News
July 6, 2015, 11:12 AM
Attendees wear Google Glass at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 2, 2014.
Attendees wear Google Glass at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 2, 2014.
Jeff Chiu/AP Photo

— -- A mystery Google product described in a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission could very well be the next iteration of Google Glass.

It's no secret Google's team has been back at the drawing board to come up with Google Glass 2.0 and the new filing first spotted by Droid Life seems to point to mystery product that could be another version of Glass.

Called "GG1," it's unclear whether the product is a wearable, although the FCC filings indicate the product will be equipped with Bluetooth LE and support 5G Wi-Fi. It will be powered by rechargeable batteries and be able to transfer data to a computer via a USB cable.

First available in April 2013 to people who qualified for Google's "Explorer" program, Glass went on sale to the public in May 2014. Google announced in January it would cease sales of Glass to individual consumers for the time being.

"Glass was in its infancy, and you took those very first steps and taught us how to walk. Well, we still have some work to do, but now we're ready to put on our big kid shoes and learn how to run," the Glass team said in a blog post.

The company has continued to sell its Glass at Work devices, which have been used everywhere from at sporting events to in operating rooms.

Glass was moved earlier this year from the Google X research lab to a separate group, reporting to Tony Fadell, the CEO of Nest Labs, which the technology giant acquired last year for $3.2 billion.

Google said the plan is for the group to "build for the future," and promised new versions of Glass will be available down the line.