Google and Samsung surprised the tech world late last week with an announcement we expected to drop during the Galaxy S25 event next month. Samsung teased Project Moohan, its answer to the Apple Vision Pro spatial computer, while Google announced the Android AR platform that will power Project Mohan and other XR devices.
More importantly, both companies mentioned that future smart glasses will run on the same platform. Google actually showed off one such pair a day earlier during its Gemini 2.0 announcement. At the time, I thought the Project Astra glasses (pictured above) were similar to Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses. But the first hands-on experiences with Google’s AR smart glasses detailed the extra augmented reality functionality that the Meta headset lacks.
It’s unclear when Google will launch a version of the Gemini-ready AR smart glasses, but Google isn’t the only company working on such a product. Apple is also developing AR smart glasses of its own, and we now have an idea of when to expect them. Don’t get too excited, though, because the first-gen product won’t be here for at least three years, with an insider saying it might take even longer.
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