Google has launched preorders for its first Gemini-powered smartglasses, developed in collaboration with Samsung and eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The devices lack displays, instead relying on voice commands ("Hey Gemini") or a touch-sensitive frame area to activate an integrated camera and microphone for multimodal AI interaction akin to Gemini Live on smartphones. Samsung supplies the internal computing hardware, while Google provides the software stack. Warby Parker offers three frame styles — Alden, Reid, and Wren — in Pine, Saddle, and Jet Black with standard or sun lenses, starting at $395 and sold only in the U.S. Gentle Monster provides six unnamed styles in dark red, pink, gray, and yellow with clear, tinted, blue, or brown lenses, starting at $449 and available in the U.S. and South Korea. All frames weigh approximately 41 grams before lenses, which will increase both weight and final cost. The design mirrors the Ray-Ban Meta glasses form factor, emphasizing hands-free AI access over augmented reality visuals. Google is positioning privacy as a key differentiator, addressing longstanding concerns from the Google Glass era, though specific privacy architectures were not detailed in the announcement.

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