{"id":253463,"date":"2026-05-23T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/can-google-and-samsung-redefine-smart-eyewear-with-android-xr-or-will-history-repeat-with-a-new-generation-of-glassholes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:50:11","slug":"can-google-and-samsung-redefine-smart-eyewear-with-android-xr-or-will-history-repeat-with-a-new-generation-of-glassholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/can-google-and-samsung-redefine-smart-eyewear-with-android-xr-or-will-history-repeat-with-a-new-generation-of-glassholes\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Google and Samsung redefine smart eyewear with Android XR, or will history repeat with a new generation of ‘Glassholes’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can Google and Samsung redefine smart eyewear with Android XR, or will history repeat with a new generation of ‘Glassholes’?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-23 12:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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

At Google I\/O, we got more hands-on time with Android XR, though in the form of more compact, wearable glasses. Companies such as Xreal and Samsung are aiming to bring Android smart glasses to the masses later this year with more portable models that can be worn anywhere, unlike the rather massive Galaxy XR headset. More importantly, Google is leaning on Samsung to bring its vision of “intelligent eyewear” to consumers with stylish offerings.<\/p>\n

We’re still some months away from an official launch, but Samsung’s announcement reinvigorated excitement for Android XR after a year of waiting for a proper competitor to Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. However, Samsung and, more importantly, Google, will have to learn from past mistakes to truly get Android XR off the ground and avoid another “Glassholes” situation.<\/p>\n

Understanding smart glasses<\/h2>\n

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(Image credit: Michael Hicks \/ Android Central)<\/span><\/p>\n

The smart glasses market is still somewhat in its infancy, and it has only recently begun to pop off. Right now, Meta absolutely dominates the market, doing a great job establishing the glasses as a media device with AI features, as opposed to the other way around. In fact, it wasn’t until later that the company really leaned into AI, adding multimodal capabilities that let Meta AI “see” what you’re seeing so you can make sense of it.<\/p>\n

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But now that AI and even displays are becoming part of the picture, consumers are starting to wonder what the endgame is. And in a world where smartphones are everywhere, the purpose of smart glasses isn’t clear to everyone, especially when consumers aren’t even fully convinced that smart watches are necessary.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich \/ Android Central)<\/span><\/p>\n

I spoke with Jitesh Ubrani, research manager for IDC’s worldwide device tracker, who told me in an interview that while the long-term goal for smart glasses (or intelligent eyewear, as Samsung likes to call it) is to…<\/p>\n

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