Apple is fast-tracking its AI-powered smart glasses for a 2026 debut, with production starting in 2025. Here's what’s new, what’s scrapped, and how it stacks up against Meta’s Ray-Bans.

Google is trying out smart glasses again. At its Google I/O keynote address on Tuesday, Google showed off a product that was referred to simply as "Android XR glasses" in both the presentation and the accompanying blog post.

Android XR glasses are in the works from Google partners such as Warby Parker. My preview was tantalizing—but many questions remain unanswered.

Android XR head Shahram Izadi talked to CNET about Google's big next steps for AI, AR and VR, and the company's partnerships with Samsung, Warby Parker and Xreal.

Google is committing up to $150 million in Warby Parker to develop smart glasses powered by Gemini, and is investing in the eyewear company.

In a series of video demos, Google showed off how people wearing Android XR glasses might interact with apps such as Google Maps. A user asked their glasses’ Gemini AI chatbot for directions, and the device brought up a small hologram-like map at the bottom of the internal display.

The eternal problem with smart glasses is you’ve got to see it to believe it.

In nearly every way, these frames look like normal prescription glasses. In fact, Google announced it'll work with Warby Parker (my go-to glasses brand for years) and swanky South Korean eyeglass brand Gentle Monster (Beyoncé and Rihanna wear them) for actual frame designs when they ship.

Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is teaming up with Warby Parker (WRBY) and Gentle Monster to develop AI-powered smart glasses. The company announced the partnerships during its Google I/O conference in Mountain View,