Gemini News 10/28/2026 AI Rating: Low

XREAL AURA, the first wired Android XR glasses, launches with Gemini that can highlight what you are looking at

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Google and XREAL launched XREAL AURA, the first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR. Alongside the hardware, Google says Gemini gains a new ability starting today.

Details

  • New Gemini feature: share your view and Gemini can highlight what to focus on, in the room around you or on your screen. Gemini also works across everything in view, including a mirrored laptop window.
  • Hardware: transparent lenses, 70-degree field of view, glasses under 95 grams, connected by cable to a compute puck with the battery and Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Reality Elite platform.
  • Features: Wired Mirroring of a laptop over USB-C, window follow mode, spatial view that converts video, photo or games to 3D with higher-resolution support; Google Photos gets a spatial gallery later this year. Access to Google Play apps, including over 150 made for XR.
  • Availability and price: orders open today for users 18+ in the U.S., Canada and Korea, and November 2 in Japan; launch pricing from USD 1,099 through the end of the year. U.S. shipments via Best Buy begin mid-November.

What happened next

Most of the announcement is hardware and content, with the Gemini highlight feature as the one concrete AI addition. It extends Gemini’s screen-aware assistance into spatial computing; how widely it reaches other Android XR devices is undisclosed.

Source https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/xreal-aura/

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