Unlike regular glasses, these frames are loaded with tech. There's a microphone and speaker that can be used to dictate prompts for Gemini and listen to the responses. On the top

I came to that conclusion after trying out a prototype of some smart glasses that Google built on its Android XR platform. The glasses themselves are pretty ordinary devices — instead, the standout feature is the AI-powered Gemini assistant that adds enough functionality to even win over smart glass skeptics like me.

We told you Google would be gunning for Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses with its Android XR “spatial computing” platform that was announced last year. At its I/O developer conference today, the tech giant said it’s teaming up with Xreal for a pair of next-gen augmented reality smart glasses called Project Aura.