US EditionGoogle Plans to Launch Its First AI-Powered Glasses in 2026
Google will distribute Android extended reality developer kits alongside AI glasses designed with EssilorLuxottica, aiming to compete with Meta in the growing AI wearable market.
- On Monday, Google announced it plans to launch AI-powered glasses in 2026 and released Developer Preview 3 of the Android XR SDK, distributing monocular developer kits to expand access in coming months.
- By leveraging Gemini and the Android ecosystem, Google aims to compete in a market led by Meta and others, offering two forms: audio-only glasses and in-lens display glasses.
- In demos last week, engineers showed a floating microLED display enabled by Google's Raxium work, AR navigation with Google Maps Live View that expands when tilting the head, and point-of-view camera sharing with two side-by-side video feeds.
- On day one, mobile applications are projected to run on Android XR glasses, Warby Parker said its first Google-partnered glasses will launch in 2026, and Galaxy XR received Windows PC linking and travel mode updates.
- Industry observers say these advances could land nearer $1,000, while Xreal models range from $300 to $650, and competition from Snap and Alibaba suggests the market will stay contested.
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It starts right, Android XR starts in 2026 and Google gives an outlook on the coming months, which we can expect from the Android ecosystem in the area of virtual and extended reality. Google has announced several completely new features, as well as hardware that will exist outside of the Samsung Galaxy XR. There are two main categories of hardware: headsets and smart glasses. For most customers, AI glasses, i.e. the smart glasses, are much more…
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