At I/O 2025, Google provided a more thorough look at how you’ll use Android XR glasses in day-to-day life as work continues.
Following the December announcement, Google today shared how all Android XR glasses will have a camera, microphones, and speakers, while an “in-lens display” that “privately provides helpful information right when you need it” is described as being “optional.”
The glasses will “work in tandem with your phone, giving you access to your apps without ever having to reach in your pocket.”
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.” We see it accessing Google Calendar, Maps, Messages, Photos, Tasks, and Translate.
Google is “working with brands and partners to bring this technology to life,” specifically Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. “Stylish glasses” are the goal for Android XR since they “can only truly be helpful if you want to wear them all day.”
Meanwhile, Google is officially “advancing” the Samsung partnership from headsets to Android XR glasses. They are making a software and reference hardware platform “that will enable the ecosystem to make great glasses.” Notably, “developers will be able to start building for this platform later this year.”
On the privacy front, Google is now “gathering feedback on our prototypes with trusted testers.”
On the Android XR headset front, Google is working XREAL on the second Android XR 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 to their favorite Android apps, including those that have been built for XR.”
It will launch as a developer edition, specifically for you to begin creating and experimenting.
Meanwhile, we’re getting Android XR SDK Developer Preview 2 today.
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