I Waited One Hour to Try Google’s Android XR Smart Glasses and Only Had 90 Seconds With Them

Well, that didn’t go well. After enduring two hours of nonstop Gemini AI announcement after announcement at Google I/O, I waited one hour in the press lounge to get a chance to try out either a pair of Android XR smart glasses or Samsung’s Project Moohan mixed reality headset. Obviously, I went for the Android XR smart glasses to see how they compare to Meta’s $10,000 Orion concept and Google Glass before it. Is Android XR the holy grail of smart glasses we’ve been waiting over a decade for? Unfortunately, Google only let me try them out for 90 seconds. I was promised five minutes with the Android XR headset prototype and only had three minutes total, half of which a product rep spent explaining to me how the smart glasses worked. Ninety seconds in, I was told to tap on the right side of the glasses to invoke Gemini. The AI’s star-shaped icon appeared in the right lens (this pair of Android XR glasses only had one tiny transparent display) slightly below its center point. I was instru ... Read full article.