Google has partnered with Samsung and other eyewear companies, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for its upcoming Android XR glasses. The company presented a demonstration of Android XR glasses at its I/O 2025 developer conference. This showing offered a look at how Google’s Gemini AI could integrate into daily interactions through wearable technology . While Samsung’s Project Moohan headset , also using Android XR, is anticipated for release later this year, the I/O presentation emphasised a more subtle smart glasses form factor. Google’s partnership is part of Google's strategy to establish a presence in the XR market, promoting an open platform. The company is planning to release developer tools for Android XR later in 2025.
How Google’s Android XR platform will work
In a blog post, the company notes: “Today, we announced that we’re partnering with innovative eyewear brands, starting with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, to create stylish glasses with Android XR. And in the future, we look forward to working with more partners, like Kering Eyewear, to bring even more options to users. As part of this work, we're also advancing our partnership with Samsung to go beyond headsets and extend Android XR to glasses. Together, we’re creating a software and reference hardware platform that will enable the ecosystem to make great glasses.”
The Android XR platform, developed with Samsung and optimised for Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR chips, seems to provide hands-free, contextual support. The I/O demonstration included examples such as real-time language translation and integration with Google applications like Calendar, Maps, and Messages. Users can interact with the glasses using voice commands and gestures, with Gemini functioning as an AI assistant.
At the demo, Google revealed that all Android XR glasses will include a camera, microphones, and speakers, while the “in‑lens display” that “privately provides helpful information right when you need it” is described as “optional.”
The glasses will “work in tandem with your phone, giving you access to your apps without ever having to reach into your pocket.”
On the privacy front, Google is now “gathering feedback on our prototypes with trusted testers.”
On the Android XR headset side, Google is partnering with XREAL on the second device after Samsung’s Project Moohan, which is still “launching later this year.”
It’s a “portable and tethered device” that looks like thick sunglasses and will let “users access their favourite Android apps, including those that have been built for XR.” Gemini can “see and hear what you do” to “understand your context, remember what’s important to you and provide information right when you need it.”
How Google’s Android XR platform will work
In a blog post, the company notes: “Today, we announced that we’re partnering with innovative eyewear brands, starting with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, to create stylish glasses with Android XR. And in the future, we look forward to working with more partners, like Kering Eyewear, to bring even more options to users. As part of this work, we're also advancing our partnership with Samsung to go beyond headsets and extend Android XR to glasses. Together, we’re creating a software and reference hardware platform that will enable the ecosystem to make great glasses.”
The Android XR platform, developed with Samsung and optimised for Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR chips, seems to provide hands-free, contextual support. The I/O demonstration included examples such as real-time language translation and integration with Google applications like Calendar, Maps, and Messages. Users can interact with the glasses using voice commands and gestures, with Gemini functioning as an AI assistant.
At the demo, Google revealed that all Android XR glasses will include a camera, microphones, and speakers, while the “in‑lens display” that “privately provides helpful information right when you need it” is described as “optional.”
The glasses will “work in tandem with your phone, giving you access to your apps without ever having to reach into your pocket.”
On the privacy front, Google is now “gathering feedback on our prototypes with trusted testers.”
On the Android XR headset side, Google is partnering with XREAL on the second device after Samsung’s Project Moohan, which is still “launching later this year.”
It’s a “portable and tethered device” that looks like thick sunglasses and will let “users access their favourite Android apps, including those that have been built for XR.” Gemini can “see and hear what you do” to “understand your context, remember what’s important to you and provide information right when you need it.”
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