{"id":250973,"date":"2026-05-20T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/having-android-xr-glasses-support-ios-might-be-their-best-feature\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:00:41","slug":"having-android-xr-glasses-support-ios-might-be-their-best-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/having-android-xr-glasses-support-ios-might-be-their-best-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Having Android XR Glasses Support iOS Might Be Their Best Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having Android XR Glasses Support iOS Might Be Their Best Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/having-android-xr-glasses-support-ios-might-be-their-best-feature\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-20 15:12:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to partnerships with Samsung and eyewear brands Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, Android XR intelligent eyewear<\/span><\/span> will be available this fall, as announced during Tuesday’s Google I\/O<\/span><\/span> developer conference. The audio glasses offer in-ear assistance, while displays within the glasses show you the information you seek right on your lenses. But despite those notable partnerships and high-tech features, what caught my attention most is this eyewear’s compatibility.<\/p>\n

“The world’s leading electronics company, Samsung, is building innovative new devices and experiences that set the bar for the whole industry, and we’ve been working to bring the best of Google to these glasses as well,” said Shahram Izadi, vice president of XR at Google, during the Google I\/O keynote. “And yes, they’re going to pair with both Android and iOS devices.”<\/p>\n

In other words, an Android phone won’t be required for these Android XR glasses, expanding the intended user base for this eyewear to iPhone owners. <\/p>\n

While smart glasses have been compatible with iOS devices, some haven’t fully enabled all their features in their paired iPhone apps. Moreover, Google and Samsung’s devices don’t always play well with Apple’s; for instance, smartwatches like the recent Galaxy Watches and Pixel Watches won’t pair with iPhones at all. <\/p>\n

\"plain <\/p>\n

Android XR glasses, \u00e0 la Warby Parker.<\/p>\n

<\/span> Google<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Android XR heavily relies on Gemini<\/span><\/span>, Google’s AI assistant, that could reduce the glasses’ capabilities when paired with an iOS interface, as Apple relies on its own AI called Apple Intelligence<\/span><\/span>. <\/p>\n

“Experientially, the full Gemini layer across Android can command it to do a lot,” said Scott Stein, CNET’s smart glasses expert. “On iPhones, Apple locks that down, and Gemini can\u2019t command iOS beyond the Gemini app. So I expect it\u2019ll be more like how Meta glasses work. However, the XR Android glasses will connect to multiple Google apps using Gemini as the bridge, even on iOS, it seems.”<\/p>\n

\"CNET <\/p>\n

Meta glasses<\/span><\/span> use Meta AI and can…<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having Android XR Glasses Support iOS Might Be Their Best Feature https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/having-android-xr-glasses-support-ios-might-be-their-best-feature\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-20…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/e4fa044c0b5b150aedd77988988f3327e64e086a\/hub\/2026\/05\/19\/a0c642d4-2b3b-4714-a534-c8845d629720\/gentle-monster-google-glasses-copy.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72,86],"class_list":["post-250973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250975,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250973\/revisions\/250975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}