Google’s Android 17 update includes highlights like new floating “Bubble” app windows for easier multitasking, a Screen Reaction recording mode, and a 50/50 split gaming mode for foldable phones.

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Reality Elite could show up in a lot more future headsets, but it's appearing in Google and Xreal's upcoming Android XR glasses first. It's promising significant boosts for ...

Google is reviving smart glasses with an AI-first strategy, using Gemini as the main interface rathr than treating the device primarily as an AR display. The company is trying to avoid Google Glass's ...

When Google's Android XR glasses launch this fall, they'll have a host of helpful features, but their compatibility is what stood out to me most. Anna Gragert Senior Editor, Health and Home Anna ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. During Google's two-hour keynote this week, the company spent a generous 12 minutes discussing Android XR and the "Intelligent Eyewear" genre that ...

Meta Platforms Inc. and Ray-Ban will finally have some competition on their hands. At Google I/O 2026 today, Google LLC provided a quick look at its first upcoming “intelligent eyewear” products, ...

Exactly one year ago today, Google announced that it was building Android XR smart glasses with the help of Samsung, in partnership with brands Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. The same thing is being ...

We've been waiting awhile for an update on the first smart glasses built for Google's Android XR platform, and at Google I/O 2026, we finally got a first look. Google and Samsung pulled back the ...

Google has confirmed it's working on multiple smart glasses, built for the Android XR platform. Credit: CAMILLE COHEN/AFP via Getty Images UPDATE: May. 19, 2026, 2:40 p.m. EDT Google has officially ...

Android 17 rumors point to Motion Assist, App Bubbles, native app locking, Gemini updates, and Android XR news ahead of Google I/O 2026. Google’s next big Android reveal is just days away. Ahead of ...

Google has partnered with is renowned Italian luxury brand Gucci for its Android XR smart glasses, with their collaboration coming by 2027 at the earliest. This was recently unveiled by Gucci's parent ...

Google is rolling out a new Android XR update that brings quality-of-life improvements to the Galaxy XR and new apps. Android XR now lets you pin apps directly to walls where they “will stay securely ...