Gemin-eyes

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Welcome to episode 81 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, Abner shares his experience with trying out some early samples of glasses running on Google's Android XR platform with Will and Damien. After a surprisingly impressive demo, is it time to start getting excited for the return of Google Glass-esque technology? The trio also dips into some new changes coming to Wear OS and take a quick look at the first One UI 8.5 beta, if only to ask: what's up with the iOS-ification of Android? Subscribe YouTube Podcasts Pocket Casts Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Google's AI glasses demo 33:43 - Wear OS updates 38:12 - One UI 8.5 and Android's design language 46:09 - Wrap-up Hosts Abner Li Damien Wilde Will Sattelberg Read more Hands-on: Google Glass is now real with ‘monocular’ Android XR glasses coming in 2026 Samsung and Apple split best-selling phones in Q3 2025, iPhone leads premium market Pixel Watch December 2025 update rolling out with Wear OS 6.1 One UI 8.5 seems like a very nice, but small update [Video] Listen to more 9to5 Podcasts The Sideload 9to5Mac Happy Hour Electrek Space Explored Feedback? Drop us a line at [email protected], leave a comment on the post, or reach out to our producer.

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