{"id":107095,"date":"2025-05-16T19:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107095\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:44:10","slug":"google-teases-glasses-announcement-for-i-o-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107095\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Teases Glasses Announcement For I\/O Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google just teased a smart glasses announcement, or at least demo, for its I\/O conference, which will take place next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Today Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/l3yDd3CmA_Y?ref=uploadvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streamed<\/a> &#8220;The Android Show: I\/O Edition&#8221;, wherein it detailed a design overhaul for Android and Wear OS, upcoming improvements to Gemini on Android platforms, and UWB support for its Find My Device network, which the company now calls Find Hub.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the stream, Google&#8217;s President of Android Ecosystem Sameer Samat teased that Google I\/O 2025, which takes place next Tuesday, will have &#8220;deep dives from developers, the latest on Google Gemini&#8221;, and, after putting on a pair of ostensibly smart glasses, &#8220;maybe even a few more really cool Android demos&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;See you on May 20th&#8221;, he says as he walks off.<\/p>\n<p>The tease comes one month after Google&#8217;s Android XR lead Shahram Izadi demonstrated sleek smart glasses with a small monocular HUD, which the company described as &#8220;\u200aconceptual hardware&#8221;, on-stage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/google-smart-glasses-with-hud-ted2025-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at TED2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Google may be hoping to preempt Meta&#8217;s launch of its own smart glasses with a monocular HUD, reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/meta-employees-reportedly-working-weekends-to-ship-hud-glasses-in-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set for October<\/a>, though there&#8217;s no indication that Google will have an actual product ready before Meta.<\/p>\n<p>In October The Information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/samsung-reportedly-working-on-ray-ban-meta-competitor-with-google-gemini-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Samsung is working on a Ray-Ban Meta glasses competitor with Google Gemini AI, though it&#8217;s unclear whether this product will have a HUD.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/google-smart-glasses-with-hud-ted2025-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Google Shows Off Sleek AI Smart Glasses With A HUD<\/p>\n<p>At TED2025 Google showed off sleek smart glasses with a HUD, though the company described them as \u201d\u200aconceptual hardware\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Google-smart-glasses-with-HUD-TED2025-1.png\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s Senior Director of Product Management Guemmy Kim also confirmed that at I\/O the company will share more about Android XR, its new operating system set to debut in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/samsung-headset-could-launch-in-q3-with-a-very-high-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung&#8217;s upcoming standalone headset<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google just teased a smart glasses announcement, or at least demo, for its I\/O conference, which will 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