B Smart Glasses
Deepali Pathe
01·2026·Lenskart · Product Design NDA · Overview only
What actually deserves to be in your line of sight all day?
B Smart Glasses.
I designed the companion app for India's first smart glasses by Lenskart. The hardest part was not the features — it was helping people use something they had never seen before.
End-to-End Design Voice UX Onboarding 0 → 1 Product
ClientLenskart
RoleProduct Designer · End-to-end
Type0 → 1 · Smart wearable
Year2026
01My role
I didn't just design screens. I owned the experience.
01Led design from start to finish, for the companion app for smart glasses.
02Made it easy for people who have never tried smart glasses before.
03Owned the first-time setup, Buddy (the voice assistant), and every main flow inside the app.
02The starting point
Ray-Ban Meta was already out there. People had expectations.
We weren't inventing a brand new thing. But we were building it for an Indian market that had never worn a tiny computer on their face. The hard question was: how do you teach someone a product they have no mental picture for?
Project type
0 → 1
A brand new category
Research
NDA
Details under wraps
User base
Zero
No one had used this before
03What I built
Four parts of the experience.
Pairing, gallery, voice, settings — the app does it all. The real question was never "what features", it was "how do we keep it from feeling like too much?"
01 · Gallery The screen people open the most
Capture, view, return
Photos and videos in one place. No menus to dig through. The thing you use daily should be one tap away.
02 · Buddy · Voice AI Not a command. A conversation.
A voice that feels human
When to listen. How to reply. How much to say. Even "Say Hey Buddy" had to feel easy, not awkward.
03 · Control Hub The app as a bridge
Settings without overwhelm
Controls for the glasses. The hard part was not adding features — it was making sure nothing felt heavy.
04 · Tutorials The big unlock
Learn by doing
Instead of long explainers up front, we showed people how to use it while they used it. Less confusion, more confidence.
04The screens
What it actually looks like.
Calm, dark, easy to read in any light. Built for everyday use.
Home
One screen, everything you need
A friendly hello, quick links, and a clear next step.
Gallery
All your photos in one place
What you captured today, sorted by date. Simple.
Buddy
Hey there, how can I help?
Type, talk, or ask anything. Buddy keeps it short.
Setup
Say "Hey Buddy"
The first step. Friendly and short.
Nutrition
"Hey Buddy, log my meal"
Buddy captures the meal, analyses it, and gives back personal nutrition insights.
Settings
Just enough controls
Connected apps, audio, account. Plain words, not jargon.
Look & Tell
Ask about what you see
Say "Hey Buddy, Look & Tell" and Buddy describes what is in front of you, in plain language.
Look & Tell · How-to
One screen, three steps
Start, what happens, and how to stop. No jargon, no second guessing.
05Where things broke
The product was good. The category was new.
People felt lost — not because the product was broken, but because nothing in their day looked like this. So confusion was the starting point. We had to design our way out of it.
01
People were confused — not because the product was bad, but because this kind of thing is new.
↳ Smart glasses are not phones. There is no habit you can lean on.
02
Ray-Ban Meta users picked it up fast. Most people don't come with that head start.
↳ We couldn't design for the 5% who get it. We had to design for the 95% who don't.
03
Some buyers came in out of pure curiosity, with no idea what to expect.
↳ Curiosity is fragile. One bad moment kills it. Setup had to feel safe.
06What actually worked
Help them while they use it. Not before. Not after.
The big unlock
We swapped long explanations for live tutorials. People learned by doing, with small hints right where they needed them. Confusion dropped, comfort grew.
Always testing
We ran user tests again and again. Things that looked great in Figma but failed in real life got cut. The work was not adding — it was removing.
07What I carry forward
Lessons from designing at the edge of new.
"Being clear matters more than being clever."
When something is brand new, the first job isn't to impress. It's to help people find their feet.
"If people don't get it in the first few minutes, they won't stay long enough to see the good part."
Every second of confusion is a person you've lost. The product can be amazing, but if setup fails, no one finds out.
"A lot of things looked nice but didn't help. Those had to go."
Letting go of work you like is part of the job. Real users don't care about your Figma file.
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Posted Aug 10, 2026
Designed the companion app for Lenskart's B Smart Glasses, owning end-to-end experience, setup, voice assistant and live tutorials to reduce user confusion.
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