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Google shows off Android XR-based glasses, announces Warby Parker team-up


Google is taking on Meta's Ray-Ban Meta glasses by announcing new partnerships at Google I/O 2025 with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to create smart glasses based on Android XR.

While it didn’t talk about specific devices then, the latest announcement indicates the company wants to build multiple iterations of glasses and headsets with different partners. At I/O, Google also showed off concept glasses based on the Android XR platform augmented by its Gemini AI. Google demoed several different use cases, such as messaging, turn-by-turn navigation, scheduling appointments, live language translations, and taking photos.

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