Google is taking up Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta glasses by asserting new partnerships at Google I/O 2025 with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to create sensible glasses based mostly on Android XR.
Google launched the Android XR platform with Qualcomm and Samsung final 12 months. While it didn’t discuss particular units then, the most recent announcement signifies the corporate needs to construct a number of iterations of glasses and headsets with completely different companions.
On Tuesday, the corporate additionally mentioned it will increase its partnership with Samsung to XR glasses. It added that each corporations are creating a software program and a {hardware} reference platform for builders to construct options on.
Samsung, Qualcomm, and Google introduced a combined actuality challenge in 2023. Samsung subsequently unveiled a headset, Project Moohan, in late 2024. It’s set to debut later this 12 months, Google says.
At I/O, Google additionally confirmed off idea glasses based mostly on the Android XR platform augmented by its Gemini AI. The glasses have a digicam, a microphone, and audio system, identical to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. But additionally they have an non-obligatory show to view notifications, affixed to the lens of the glasses.
Google demoed a number of completely different use circumstances, equivalent to messaging, turn-by-turn navigation, scheduling appointments, stay language translations, and taking images. The search big mentioned it’s seeding models to pick testers to collect suggestions.