Google thinks it finally has smart glasses that are actually smart thanks to Gemini AI [Video]

Google Glass may not have taken off like the tech giant hoped, but it seems that Google remains convinced that we’re going to want wearable mixed-reality tech at some point. Advances from Meta and Apple seem to have only encouraged it, and now Google’s putting two of its favorite techs together: smart glasses and AI.

We first got a glimpse of Google’s Project Astra always-on AI agent back in May. Now the company’s shared a new demo of its prototype for a multimodal virtual assistant that would live in your phone – and your glasses – and would be able to see everything you do.

At the briefing for the launch of Gemini 2.0 this week, Google revealed that a small group is to begin testing Project Astra prototype Gemini AI glasses as part of its Trusted Tester programme. A group …