Snap has released new AR glasses. But at more than $2,000 a pop and featuring a brandless design, experts say their success hinges on providing behavior-shifting convenience that usurps both smartphones and competitors’ AI glasses.

Follow our live coverage of Google’s annual developer keynote, where the company will announce updates to its Gemini suite of AI tools and more details about Android XR smart glasses.

Meta dominates the smart glasses market in 2026, but Google is planning a major fall comeback with Gemini AI and new designer partnerships.

Xreal and Google’s Project Aura just got a little bit closer to reality. Today, Xreal announced, as a part of Augmented World Expo 2026 (AWE), that it’s opening up deposits for the Xreal Aura XR glasses,

Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view.

The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device, now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today, with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall.

Google has dropped Wear OS 7 for Pixel devices bringing efficiency gains and handy new features.