"They look like normal bikes with 26" wheels!"

Have they managed to get the weight down now?

Nope. There is the slightly lighter alu freehub body version, but the 'lightweight' version is still in development. Doesn't bother me, as the extra 100g or so is offset by the not carrying around 400g of wide range cassette on there

It's still around 1/5th the weight of my current rear hub...