Google brings smart glasses back at I/O 2025
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ABP News on MSN'We Made A Lot Of Mistakes': Sergey Brin Reflects As Google Bets Big On AI Smart GlassesGoogle's renewed interest in wearables is not just conceptual. It has pledged $150 million to Warby Parker to accelerate the development of AI-integrated smart glasses.
As Google is fond of pointing out, Android XR is its first new OS developed in the "Gemini era." The platform is designed to run on a range of glasses and headsets that make extensive use of Google's AI bot, but there were only two experiences on display at I/O: an AR headset from Samsung known as Project Moohan and the prototype smart glasses.
Android is getting a design refresh, launching a mixed reality platform for smart glasses, and Gemini is expanding to cars and watches. Can it entice the overwhelmingly dominant iPhone-owning youth?