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Android XR needs to copy Android smartwatches to survive

The parallels between Wear OS—a Google-backed, Samsung-led ecosystem of Android peripherals—and Android XR are too obvious to ignore.

(Image credit: Google)And that's with a pound of plastic to work with; finding somewhere to squeeze a battery into a stylish glasses frame people would wear outdoors without embarrassment is a challenge. If smart glasses can use sensors to respond to your surroundings and hold a real-time conversation about what you see and hear, that will have an immediate appeal to a wide consumer base, especially younger generations growing up with AI as a main knowledge source. My question is whether there are that many graphic artists and other creative types willing to wear a VR headset as a laptop replacement for hours a day who haven't already bought a Vision Pro.

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