Google opened pre-orders on Thursday for its intelligent eyewear lineup, Gemini-powered glasses designed with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster and engineered by Samsung. Warby Parker styles start at $395 and Gentle Monster designs start at $449, and the glasses go on sale in stores and online on December 10.
Warby Parker's collection includes three styles, Alden, Reid and Wren, in optical or sun versions in Pine, Saddle and Jet Black. Gentle Monster offers six designs in colors including dark red, pink, gray and yellow, with tinted, clear, blue or brown lenses. Prescription options are available for most frames.
Pre-orders are live online and in Gentle Monster and Warby Parker stores. Google is offering hands-on demos at select Gentle Monster, Warby Parker and Google Store locations, including more than 360 Warby Parker shops.
Key facts
- 01Google opened pre-orders Nov. 12 for Gemini-powered glasses designed with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster and engineered by Samsung.
- 02Warby Parker's three styles start at $395; Gentle Monster's six designs start at $449.
- 03The glasses go on sale in stores and online on December 10.
- 04Frames weigh around 41 grams with a 12MP ultra-wide camera and up to nine hours of battery life.
- 05Real-time Google Translate covers more than 70 languages; Guided Vision adds audio descriptions for blind and low-vision users.
The frames weigh around 41 grams, according to Google, and carry a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera with HDR processing and image stabilization, open-ear speakers and spatial audio capture. Battery life is rated at up to nine hours, and the charging case can recharge the frames up to seven times. Published specs list a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, four microphones and IPX4 water resistance.
Gemini is the center of the product. Wearers say "Hey Gemini" or tap the frames to ask about what they are looking at, such as a street mural or a bookshelf, check calendar availability from an event poster, add items to a grocery list or set reminders. The glasses also deliver Google Maps turn-by-turn directions and Google Translate real-time speech translation across more than 70 languages.
Accessibility is a headline feature. Guided Vision gives conversational audio descriptions to people who are blind or have low vision, and saying "Hey Gemini, open Aira Explorer" streams the camera feed to a human visual interpreter from Aira. At launch both require a compatible Android phone, and Google notes Guided Vision is not a medical device or mobility aid.
The glasses double as headphones for YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music and Audible, and handle messages and phone calls hands-free. Owners of a Pixel Watch or Galaxy Watch can control them with gestures, such as a double pinch to play or pause.
Google built several privacy controls into the hardware. Every pair has a physical off switch, and an indicator light shows when the camera is recording; the glasses are designed to stop recording if that light is covered or disabled. Camera visuals used by Gemini are not saved to Gemini History or used to train AI models or target ads, and bystanders' faces are automatically redacted before Gemini processes them.
Compatibility spans both major phone platforms: Pixel 7 and newer, Samsung Galaxy S, S FE, Z Fold, Flip and Fold Ultra phones running One UI 9.0 or higher, and iPhone 13 Pro and later. Use requires an 18+ Google account from the United States or South Korea, and the Gentle Monster collection is sold in those two countries.
Shahram Izadi, Google's VP and general manager of XR, announced the lineup in a company blog post. Pre-ordered glasses ship on December 10, the same day the lineup reaches store shelves.
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