Google's prototype smart glasses can give you directions by simply looking at a poster

Google has shared a demo of its prototype monocular Android XR display glasses, showing off its various capabilities.

Google’s Smart Glasses Can Create Fake Photos on the Fly

As big tech companies ready their excursion into smart glasses, a similar playbook is cementing, and that playbook is looking ...
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Google's putting it all on glasses next year: My demos with Project Aura and more

What if I told you that, just a couple months after Google and Samsung released the AI-infused, immersive Galaxy XR headset, I got to wear a pair of display glasses that can do almost the same thing?
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Google I/O: Android XR glasses finally see the point

Once upon a time, Google tried to change the world. It launched Google Glass, which was in effect a computer and a video camera in one’s spectacles. As expected, the specs were ugly, the computer ...
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Google will let I/O 2025 attendees demo Android XR glasses

Google ended the The Android Show with a teaser about Android XR glasses, and how I/O 2025 attendees will be able to demo the new form factor. Android head Sameer Samat ended the event by cheekily ...
Ars Technica

Glass redux: Google aims to avoid past mistakes as it brings Gemini to your face

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Get ready to see Android in a new-ish way. It’s been 13 years since Google announced its Google Glass headset and 10 years since it stopped selling the device to consumers. There ...
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I Waited an Hour to Try Google’s XR Glasses — And I’d Ditch My Ray-Bans for Them

At Google I/O 2025 today, the company announced its new XR glasses, running on Android XR. This is their new platform for Extended Reality, which Samsung already announced a device for this platform ...
Fast Company

Google’s second swing at smart glasses seems a lot more sensible

Well over a decade on from its initial launch, it’s safe to say that Google Glass was not a success. While the product had some forward-thinking ideas, it’s generally not a good sign when your product ...
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Google’s Project Astra May Revolutionize Smart Glasses—but Not Today

When I saw Google’s Project Astra, a real-time computer vision-based UI, last year, I was cautiously excited for the future—the future of smart glasses specifically. In its (admittedly very controlled ...
Los Angeles Times

Why Google is returning to smart glasses after Google Glass failed a decade ago

After Google Glass failed, the company is returning with AI-powered smart glasses in 2026, competing in a market now dominated by Meta. Google is partnering with Samsung, Warby Parker and Gentle ...
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Google's Putting It All on Glasses Next Year: My Demos With Project Aura and More

The Xreal-made hardware is one element of a three-part launch next year with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and lots of upgrades coming to Galaxy XR. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009.