Google’s Wear OS Watches Are Now Mere Companions to Smart Glasses
Google is shifting its focus towards smart glasses, positioning Wear OS watches as secondary devices. The upcoming Wear OS 7 update will introduce features that enhance interaction with these glasses. Google is collaborating with Xreal on Project Aura, which aims to integrate AI capabilities into eyewear.
- ▪Google is developing smart glasses in partnership with Xreal, featuring an embedded screen and AI capabilities.
- ▪The Wear OS 7 update will allow users to automate tasks on their phones through their watches.
- ▪Google and Samsung are also creating audio glasses with built-in cameras for taking pictures and videos.
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The next time you check your wrist, it may be because you asked your glasses to take a picture or order you a meal. Now that Google is getting in on smart glasses—sorry, I mean “intelligent eyewear”—the next version of your Android watch may one day become a secondary screen for your always-connected AI wearables. Google didn’t offer the barest ounce of context for its upcoming Wear OS 7 update at its I/O 2026 keynote. Instead, it provided a small snippet that explained a fair bit of how Google’s face-based devices compare to wearables like the Ray-Ban Meta. Google is currently working with smart glasses maker Xreal on Project Aura, a pair of glasses with an attached compute puck and a screen embedded in one of the lenses.
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