Google and Samsung Open Preorders for Gemini Smart Glasses With Warby Parker and Gentle Monster
Intelligent eyewear pre-orders are officially open! ✨ I’m immensely proud and humbled working with teams at @Google, @SamsungMobile, @_GentleMonster_ and @WarbyParker to bring these beautiful eyewear collections to life. These lightweight glasses bring you hands-free help from @GeminiApp throughout your day. And these glasses are eyewear first, so @WarbyParker and @_GentleMonster_ have brought their iconic styles with a collection of designs, colorways, and sizes so there’s a style that’s perfect for you! Pre-order your pair today: t.co/NURZ98RWZY and experience them in select Warby Parker, Gentle Monster and Google stores starting today. Shipping Dec 10th! Read more about the full design collection that and how we are bringing helpful experiences to your everyday life: t.co/nYyERM3U9X Along with our privacy protections for you and those around you: t.co/zsK739MLOS #Gemini #IntelligentEyewear #AndroidXR
Context
Gemini is moving from phones onto glasses people wear all day, sold through mainstream eyewear brands and shipping December 10.
Google has been building Android XR, its platform for headsets and glasses, with Samsung as a hardware partner. The new glasses put the Gemini assistant into frames designed by Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Sundar Pichai quoted the launch post and highlighted live speech translation.
Deep dive
Shahram Izadi, who leads Android XR at Google, posted on November 12 that preorders for the new intelligent eyewear are open. He said the glasses were built with teams at Google, Samsung, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker.
According to the post, the lightweight glasses give hands free help from the Gemini app through the day. Izadi described them as eyewear first, with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster providing a collection of designs, colorways and sizes. The post says people can try them in select Warby Parker, Gentle Monster and Google stores starting November 12, and that shipping begins December 10. It also links to pages on the design collection and on privacy protections for the wearer and people nearby.
Later that evening Sundar Pichai quoted the post and wrote that live speech translation on the glasses is "🤯".
The post did not list prices or the countries where preorders are open. The launch puts Google and Samsung into direct competition with other camera equipped AI glasses already on sale.
What to expect next
Shipping starts December 10, so the first hands on reviews should arrive within weeks. Watch for pricing details, which markets get the glasses, and how well Gemini features like translation work outside a demo. Privacy rules for camera equipped glasses in stores, offices and schools are another open question as sales begin. Rival glasses makers are likely to answer with their own features and prices before the holidays.