Google displayed the prototype Android XR smart glasses at Google I/O 2025 and announced the integration of its advanced Gemini AI model into a new Android XR platform, making it its first “The Android platform for the Gemini era”. Target Provides natural, immersed, real-time AI experiences through headwear equipment (e.g. smart glasses, AR/VR head displays, etc.) so that an AI assistant can “see what you see”, understand the scene and provide immediate help. Android XR smart glasses do.
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The context understands: The user perspective is captured through cameras and microphones, and the current scene and tasks are understood in the context of geographic information.
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** Voice interaction:** Voice helpers are activated at any time, no need to wake up manually, no need to use a mobile phone.
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** Real-time aids: ** Automatically recommended actions based on user behaviour, such as navigation, data checking, photographing, translation, etc.
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Memory and personalization: long-term mission memory function, understanding user preferences, context.
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Integration with Gemini, real visual assistant.
Google demonstrated at the I/O Congress the realistic use of Android XR devices, covering the following capabilities:
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** Camera**: for visual recognition, AR scene capture;
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Microphone: receiving voice commands and using them for environmental sound processing;
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speaker**: provision of voice feedback, navigation aircasts, etc.;
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Display of information in the lens** (optional): private projection information on the lens, not hologram/AR display, but with basic alarm and subtitle functions;
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** Working with mobile phones**: The glasses themselves are not stand-alone equipment, and data processing and display are separated by pairing Bluetooth/Wi-Fi with Android mobile phones.
To ensure that glasses are fashionable and wearable, Google is working with several brands:
