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
Can Google Wow Us at I/O 2026? Here's What It Has to Get RightMeta has repeatedly run into trouble over its handling of users' personal data, and inappropriate public use of its smart glasses cameras has led to social media backlash. Meta's AI privacy policies are murky, and Meta's not a company that's respected for social media safety or privacy, with very good reason. Will Google do better? It's considered more reputable, but it's also a company that already blends ads into our personal data and is increasingly swallowing up more data, like health and fitness, for its connected AI services. Google will have to explain how responsible it'll be with glas
Google Glasses Are Coming Again: Here's What to Expect… Google is also expected to debut its line of smart glasses this year, alongside Warby Parker and Korean fashion brand Gentle Monster. The smartwatch precedent for smart fashion glasses It reminds me heavily of what happened with smartwatches about a decade ago. …
… Here's What to Expect 06:44 What will Google add to the smart glasses market? 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? . …
… This year's Google I/O developer conference is just around the corner on May 19, and we should hear a lot more about Google's smart glasses strategy. But we already know a lot, since Google talked about and demoed these glasses last year. …
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… Google's glasses look ready to one-up Meta on AI smarts I test-drove multiple versions of the smart glasses that Google and Samsung are releasing later this year. …
Editors' Note, April 29: This list reflects my current choices for best smart glasses, but more are expected from Google and others this year. Our Picks Best smart glasses overall Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 $379 at Meta Meta’s smart glasses have proven to be a relatively big success, and for good reason. …
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… Watch this: What to Expect From Google I/O: Glasses, Glasses, Glasses 05:58 For 2026, Meta increased its overall capital expenditure forecast to between $125 billion and $145 billion, up from the previous ceiling of $135 billion, which Zuckerberg partially attributed to "higher component costs, par… …
