Overview
- Google’s platform documentation defines two device classes—audio‑first AI Glasses and Display AI Glasses with a small screen—establishing how upcoming products should be built.
- All models must include a power control, a touchpad and a camera button, with display units adding a dedicated Wake/Sleep control; a touch‑and‑hold on the touchpad summons Gemini.
- Display glasses run the Glimmer interface featuring a lockscreen‑like Home view and a persistent system bar showing time, weather, alerts, chips, notifications and assistant feedback.
- Optics guidance details one‑meter projected, additive displays that cannot render true black, recommends neutral palettes and unfilled icons to reduce halation and heat, and tunes motion and typography for legibility.
- Google released Jetpack Compose Glimmer components and a Figma kit for developers, and reporting suggests partners such as Samsung are preparing devices to these specs with display models expected after AI Glasses.