Google opens pre-orders for Gemini glasses from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster

Google has opened pre-orders for its first intelligent eyewear collections, built with Warby Parker, Gentle Monster and Samsung. The frames put Gemini on your face: you say "Hey Gemini" or tap the frames to get hands-free help, such as translation, directions and descriptions of what you are looking at. Shahram Izadi, Google's VP and GM of XR, announced the launch. Pixel phones, Samsung phones and iPhones can all be paired with the glasses.

Google says Gemini can tie into the Google apps people already use. Examples include checking Calendar availability from an event poster, adding an item to a grocery list, and getting Google Maps turn-by-turn directions in the ear. Google Translate offers real-time speech translation across more than 70 languages. A new Guided Vision mode gives spoken descriptions for people who are blind or have low vision, and an Aira integration streams the camera feed to a trained human interpreter.

Gentle Monster offers six designs in colors including dark red, pink, gray and yellow, with most frames available with prescription lenses. The collection starts at $449 and will be sold in the United States and South Korea. Warby Parker offers three styles, Alden, Reid and Wren, in optical or sun versions starting at $395, in Pine, Saddle and Jet Black. Guided demos are offered at more than 360 Warby Parker stores.

Google lists a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera, frames weighing around 41 grams and up to nine hours of battery life. On privacy, Google says camera visuals sent to Gemini are not saved in Gemini History or used to train AI models or target ads, and that bystanders' faces are automatically redacted before processing. The glasses go on sale in stores and online on 10 December.

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