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Google is expected to debut its AI-powered Android XR smart glasses, rivaling Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. Google first teased the return of smart glasses at its I/O keynote in 2024 (remember Google Glasses?). Last year, the company showed off a Gemini-powered prototype version, which Abrar Al-Heeti, CNET's senior tech reporter, tested at Mobile World Congress. Al-Heeti was especially impressed by the Google Maps demo, which provided directions based on a picture she viewed through the glasses, as well as the ability to look at a vinyl album cover and ask Gemini to play a song from it. Sounds

At the moment, Meta's latest wave of camera and audio-enabled glasses, the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2, are the best ones you can buy for their price and features. They're identical-looking to the previous Ray-Ban Metas, but the new ones have far better battery life for $80 more. It's worth it, especially if you're interested in wearing these all day. The camera also has improved 3K video recording and stabilization, with slow-motion and time-lapse modes coming soon. Meta Ray-Bans are normal-looking camera and audio glasses that are fully wireless, have surprisingly good off-ear audio and microphones f