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Key features of such devices are high usability, practicality and unobtrusiveness. Therefore, the opportunity to integrate step-counting functions in daily worn accessories represents one of the recent and most important challenges. In this context, the present study aimed to investigate the validity of a smart-glasses-based step-counter measure by comparing their performances against the most popular commercial step counters. To this purpose, smart glasses data from 26 healthy subjects performing simulated free-living walking conditions along a predefined path were collected. Reference measures from inertial sensors mounted on the subjects\u2019 ankles and data from commercial (waist- and wrists-worn) step counters were acquired during the tests. The results showed an overall percentage error of 1%. 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