Google's Android Xr Glasses Revealed In First Real-world Look

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Summary

Google publically showcased its AR glasses prototype astatine nan TED Conference for nan first time.
The glasses support unrecorded translator and image nickname while staying lightweight.
A motorboat whitethorn beryllium near, perchance astatine Google I/O 2025, pursuing this nationalist prototype demo.

Ever since nan merchandise of Apple Vision Pro successful early 2024, Android competitors for illustration Samsung and Google person been moving connected their ain mixed reality wearables. Google unveiled Android XR successful December 2024, an operating strategy based connected Android designed to support XR devices, including smart glasses and headsets. Now, nan company's first-ever AR glasses person made a nationalist appearance.

A VR headset floating successful nan aerial down nan Android icon

At nan TED Conference successful Vancouver, Android XR caput Shahram Izadi walked connected shape wearing what appeared to beryllium a prototype of Google's XR glasses (via Axios). This isn't nan first clip we've heard astir them though. Google has been known to beryllium working connected a brace of smart glasses and has moreover showcased XR glasses' prototype to prime media earlier this year, but this marks nan first nationalist quality of nan glasses.

Google's Android XR glasses conscionable made a astonishment quality astatine TED

Google's XR glasses showcased astatine TED 2025 successful Vancouver

Source: Axios

As for nan design, nan glasses look almost identical to a regular brace of specs. In fact, if Izadi hadn't told nan audience, galore mightiness not person moreover realized they were smart glasses, claims nan report. During nan talk, he besides demonstrated a fewer capabilities of nan XR glasses unrecorded connected stage.

Izadi performed a unrecorded translator from Farsi to English and showcased image nickname by scanning a book. Izadi besides explained that nan glasses were paired pinch a smartphone, streaming information backmost and forth. This setup allows nan glasses to beryllium lightweight and compact, avoiding nan bulky shape facet seen successful galore different XR devices.

In summation to Google's XR glasses, nan Axios study besides mentions that Izadi showcased Samsung's XR headset, codenamed "Moohan," during nan conference. While we've seen Samsung's headset before, nan study emphasizes again that it "bears a striking resemblance to Apple Vision Pro." In nan demo, nan headset displayed aggregate overlay windows and a 360-degree video.

Google seems to beryllium focusing connected lightweight AR glasses, taking a different way from Samsung and Apple, who are leaning into much powerful XR headsets. While Google hasn't revealed a merchandise timeline yet, showing disconnected a moving prototype publically hints astatine a motorboat connected nan horizon. We mightiness moreover perceive much astatine Google I/O 2025 adjacent month.