Google and Samsung preview Android XR smart glasses (opens in new tab)

Google and Samsung previewed Android XR-based smart glasses at Google I/O 2026, showing audio-only eyewear designed with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster for a fall launch. The glasses integrate Google’s Gemini assistant and use microphones, speakers and cameras, but they have no displays in the lenses. The companies described the glasses as a way to handle phone-linked tasks through voice and AI when pulling out a handset is inconvenient, including navigation, messages, media, capture and tra...