Overview
- Google confirmed two AI glasses lines for 2026: screen‑free models with speakers, mics, and cameras for Gemini interactions, and in‑lens display glasses for private navigation, captions, and prompts.
- Hardware partners include Samsung, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster, with Google also previewing Xreal’s wired Project Aura as a prototype Android XR glasses form factor.
- Project Aura features optical see‑through tech with up to a 70‑degree field of view, runs Android XR, and can execute existing Galaxy XR apps without redesign, using a tethered battery‑puck for power and input.
- Android XR Developer Preview 3 is now available, opening APIs for AI glasses and wired XR glasses so developers can build spatial experiences that work across devices.
- Samsung’s Galaxy XR gains beta features this week: PC Connect for Windows desktop mirroring (macOS in development), a travel mode for use in cars and planes, and realistic Likeness avatars for calls; Google says upcoming XR glasses will also support iOS via the Gemini app.