I will be honest with you: I think smart glasses are amazing. I do not mean to say that they work well all the time, or that they do not do half of what they should do at this level, or that they do not require a large dose of computing power. Those things are true in my honest opinion. But even this morning, despite shouting at my pair of Meta Ray-Bamboo to play Elton John, only for him Frequently Try and play John Prin, I love him for one thing: their ability.
And Google – if I/O 2025 is an indication – also sees the same ability. It spent some time during its keynote speaker, which may be able to do smart glasses through its Android XR smart glass platform and support the hardware made with Xrel. Prospects are seductive. With smart iwear such as Android XR and Project Aura Glass, the form factor can actually reach the next level, especially with optical passithrrow that can superimpose goods such as turn-by-turn navigation in front of your eyeball.
If you were watching a live demo yesterday, it probably seemed that we were all fine, who were able to hang out with the future pair of smart glasses, for whom we are waiting, and partially this notion is true. Smart Glasses – All the fun items we want to do-Are Adjacent, but unfortunately for all, were included in Google, they are going to be very difficult to be right than technical companies. When it comes to glasses, there are still obstacles, and some of them.
For one, if the smart glass is going to be the future gadgets, we want them, they need some kind of passion. Technically, we are already there. While the senior editor of Gizmodo, Consumer Tech, Ray Wong, got only one minute, which is about one minute to try project aura in Google I/O, he can pay attention to the fact that glasses is actually an optical display that can show maps and other digital information. The problem is not screen, though; What can this be by having a screen.
I am personally curious what the battery can do optical pastru for life. The size is still the biggest issue when it comes to functional smart glasses, which is to say that it is difficult to crawl everyone of the architecture that we need in the frame that does not feel much heavier than a pair of glasses regularly. Think about it: You need a battery, calculation of power, driver for speakers, etc. All those things are relatively small nowadays, but they add. And if your glasses can suddenly do too much, you need a battery that reflects the features, especially if you are using optical passithrrow, playing audio, and querying your onbox voice assistants at a same time. A large battery means overweight and a bulkier look, however, and I really do not care about walking with a big Holi-Lukin frame on my face.
I was promised 5 minutes with Google Android XR smart glasses, but they gave me only 3 minutes, and half of it was explaining to the people what they were and how they worked, so I had really only 90 seconds, which to use Gemini on a painting on a wall, two books on a bookshine, and… pic.twitter.com/ly60box91g
– Ray Wong (@Raywongy) May 20, 2025
Then there is the price. Meta’s ray-ban smart glasses are already relatively expensive ($ 300+, depending on the model) despite not having a screen. I do not have an estimated bill of materials for project Abha or Google’s prototype Android XR glass, obviously, but I am going to assume that this type of optical displays are going to spend a little more than your typical pair of sunglasses. This is complicated by the fact that the supply chain and manufacturing infrastructure are not very strong at this point, given that people started buying smart glasses in the mainstream only five minutes ago.
I think I am naysaying here, and maybe I’m a little bit. Lowering historically speaking technology has never been easy, but these are some of the most powerful and revived companies in the world that make this stuff, and I am not a second doubt that they cannot detect it. This is not a skill that will stop them; This is a commitment. I want to believe that there is a level of focus, which Google has dedicated to the project aura yesterday, but it is difficult to say to make sure. Google, despite behemoth, is being drawn in different directions – for example, AI, AI and AI. I can only hope in the case that Google actually puts his money where its future is spying glasses and actually through Project Aura to Project Aura. C’Mon, Google, Daddy requires a hud-competent map to ride bikes around the city of New York.
