Google’s new Android XR smart glasses use Gemini to AI-edit your world while you’re still taking the photo
Publish Date: 2026-03-13 20:59:00
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It’s been a minute since we last saw Google’s prototype smart glasses in action but the tech giant recently held demos for them during MWC 2026.
Google’s Dieter Bohn showcased a number of features including the ability to use the camera and Nano Banana in combination to take a photo and edit it on the fly. In Dieter’s example, he took a photo of a group of people and used Banana to “reimagine” it in front La Sagrada Familia, a famous church in Barcelona — also an excellent board game.
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Here’s the video of the Android XR demo we showed last week at MWC 🙂 Couple things that stand out to me: how well Gemini can handle vague and complex queries and how the glasses work with apps on the phone. 😎More details here! https://t.co/NKA1rKE1rq pic.twitter.com/uXQGwvl7TrMarch 12, 2026
Most of the features Bohn showed off are par for the course for the current generation of AI-powered glasses. The Google-Xreal collaboration Project Aura glasses, for example, have many of the same features that we previewed at the end of last year.
When we last saw the Google prototypes in December, we were able to use Live Translation to transcribe and translate Chinese to English. Bohn’s demo showcased a similar example.
Additionally, he showed the ability to identify real world objects and use Gemini to prompt off of those items. For example, in one case the glasses identified a Queen album and then played a song. In another example, a poster with an address was used to find walking directions and displayed a map.
He was also able to take a live Google Meet call that involved sharing video…
