Exclusive: Google Sees Smart Glasses as the 'Next Frontier' for AI. And It's Not Working Alone

I spoke to smart glasses powered by Google's Gemini AI, and they told me what I was seeing. The AI was able to summarize the page of a book I was reading and identify the location in a YouTube video I was watching. The experience felt like an emerging future where information is easier to access than ever. Right now we may be talking to AI on our phones and PCs, but Google wants it to live on our faces, too. I first tried out Google's new Android XR system last December, and now the company is ready to spill more details. Google already told us last year that glasses are a major part of Google's future product plans. Now, In advance of the Google I/O developer conference, I had an exclusive conversation with Shahram Izadi, Google's VP and GM for Android XR, about what to expect next. It starts with a Samsung mixed-reality headset later this year, and continues with lots of glasses after that -- including from Warby Parker. Smart glasses are being increasingly discussed among several ... Read full article.