Updated: Google Glass is done as we know it

Google Glass in its current form is no more.

Google is ending the Glass Explorer program "so we can focus on what's coming next," the Glass team wrote in a Google+ post.

According to the BBC, Google will no longer produce Glass Explorer Editions, yet it remains committed to, at some point, releasing a version for consumers.

As the current program shuts down, Google will continue to "build for the future."

"[Y]ou'll start to see future versions of Glass when they're ready. (For now, no peeking)," the company wrote.

January 19 is the last day to order a Glass Explorer Edition. TechRadar asked Google for more details on the future of the Glass program and what today's move means for the wearable's future and its consumer release.

The future of Glass

Google also announced it's "graduating" from the future-forward Google X labs "to be our own team here at Google." The move, the company wrote, will help move it closer from concept to reality.

According to the BBC and Fortune, the Glass team will now report to Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest. Glass won't become part of Nest, Fortune reported.

The Glass Explorer program launched in 2013, and Explorers could fork over $1,500 for a pair of the wearable eyewear. Google opened the program to everyone in the US last year, but signs of its demise started to show late in 2014. The consumer release was reportedly pushed to 2015, and even Glass' chief evangelist, Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin, was caught without his signature accessory after he left it in the car.

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