Google announced today that its first wearable product positioned as "smart glasses" will be officially launched this fall, and it will cooperate with Samsung and eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to launch a new series of AI audio glasses. These glasses will be powered by Google's Android XR platform specifically designed for smart glasses and AR/VR headsets. They will have built-in cameras, speakers and microphones, but the lenses themselves will not be equipped with a display.
Google has taken the lead in showing off two design solutions from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, and said that the two companies will launch their own complete style series when the products are released to provide users with diverse appearance choices. All styles support Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence system, and Gemini will be deeply integrated into all functions of the glasses. Users can summon Gemini by saying "Hey Google" or tapping the side of the glasses frame for voice interaction at any time.
At the functional level, Gemini will use the camera and sensing capabilities on the glasses to provide the wearer with information services that are closely related to what they see. For example, users can get reviews of nearby restaurants, identify cloud patterns overhead, or quickly read complex parking signs. Vision-based navigation will also be supported, with the system able to provide turn-by-turn navigation and add waypoints or find places such as nearby restaurants based on user preferences.
In addition to vision and navigation capabilities, this smart glasses will also assume some of the communication and multimedia functions of traditional smartphones. Users can manage calls via voice, send text messages, automatically summarize message content, and listen to music directly on the glasses. The glasses can also take photos and record videos, and use Google's Nano Banana image editing engine to intelligently edit the picture. In addition, Gemini can translate speech and text content in real time to help users communicate across languages.
Google emphasizes that Gemini not only responds to simple commands, but can also handle multi-step tasks such as ordering coffee through DoorDash, and supports operating apps on connected smartphones through voice commands. In terms of device compatibility, Google made it clear that this smart glasses will support both Android smartphones and Apple iPhones when released, thus covering a wider group of smartphone users.
The report also mentioned that Apple is developing its own AI smart glasses products, which are expected to have similar capabilities, but related products are rumored to not be ready until around 2027. At the same time, Google has planned to launch "display glasses" equipped with small lens displays to display information from Gemini directly in the lenses, but such products will not be available until the first smart glasses this fall.