In mid-January 2015, Google Glass got promoted from an experiment and found its way into official developer labs within Google proper. At the same time, legendary Tony Fadell picked up the leadership role for Glass, and work on the next version of the wearable began.

While many words have been said regarding the “rise and fall of Google Glass,” it would appear that Google has never killed the project outright. In fact, as revealed in January, Google seems to continue to move forward with the wearable unit, working hard on revising it and making it a better product. It’s clearly not ready for primetime just yet, so making use of that time to create a better device just makes sense.

In a new report published by 9to5Google and citing unnamed sources, Google is indeed doing just that, and has reportedly been showcasing the new version of Glass to some very specific partners. The report states that Google has actually been showing these revised wearable units to some Glass at Work partners as far back as October 2014, but it seems that those older units were just that, older, and that the newer models are more indicative of what Fadell and his new team have been working on.

This new focus on Glass seems far more interested in building a perfect product before showing it off to the world, rather than the previous method which saw the Developer Edition let loose while it was still being developed. It will be interesting to see if this new strategy works for Google, and if Glass can become the wearable that the search giant obviously wants it to be.