… But it's a sign that many other familiar brands are now moving fast to develop smart eyewear, whether with Meta, Google or others. Reebok has prescription-ready smart eyewear , made with Lucyd, and Meta's own Oakley-branded sports gear is aiming for similar territory. …
… The Google-Kering partnership itself is not new. Kering Eyewear announced a partnership with Google in May 2025 to develop AI-powered glasses with Android XR, but we may now have a rough idea of when a Gucci-branded product could show up. …
… On the surface, this is already good news, as the more companies with experience making eyewear working on smartglasses, the better. However, there may be more to this partnership that first meets the eye. …
… Meanwhile, fashion partnerships with brands like Warby Parker and Gentle Monster could also show off Android XR-powered eyewear. …
… A separate sort of AR glasses experience, Project Aura The Xreal-made glasses work differently from the other smart glasses, acting more like a mini VR headset than an all-day set of eyewear. …
… The company has already announced partnerships with existing eyewear makers including Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and after getting a chance to try out some of Google's early reference designs , I think 2026 is shaping up to be a breakout year for smartglasses as a whole . …
… Intelligent Eyewear Google's umbrella term for its smart glasses products is " intelligent eyewear ," which will span from XR glasses to audio-only models. I'm not big on audio-only smart solutions, like the headsets announced at CES, because they require remembering what you just said or did. …
… The report also brings out Samsung’s partnership with eyewear brand Gentle Monster and mentions Android XR as the platform powering these glasses despite the fact that this first release is more like Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses – just a speaker, microphones, and camera with no display. …
… Meta uses glasses frames from Ray-Ban, the popular brand owned by Italian company EssilorLuxottica, while Google and Samsung are reportedly working on smart glasses in partnership with the American eyewear company Warby Parker . …
… Google’s “Intelligent Eyewear” Is Here Don’t call them smart glasses! There are two types of Google “intelligent eyewear,” one set of products with audio-only features, and another product type that has a small display window incorporated into the lenses. …