Google has released a prototype of Project Astra’s AR glasses for testing in the real world. The glasses are part of Google’s long-term plan to one day have hardware with augmented reality and ...

Google unveiled Project Astra last year at I/O, showing off nascent AI technology that allows mobile users to talk to Google's AI in real time using conversational language. You might ask the AI to ...

Last year at Google I/O, one of the most interesting demos was Project Astra, an early version of a multimodal AI that could recognize your surroundings in real-time and answer questions about them ...

When I saw Google’s Project Astra, a real-time computer vision-based UI, last year, I was cautiously excited for the future—the future of smart glasses specifically. In its (admittedly very controlled ...

UPDATE: May. 19, 2025, 1:36 PM EDT This article has been updated with new information from 'The Android Event,' the Android-focused mini I/O event held on Tuesday, May 13. The latest news from ...

The technology powering Gemini Live’s camera and screen sharing is called Project Astra. It’s available as an Android app for trusted testers, and Google today unveiled agentic capabilities for ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

In a new demo, Google showed how an updated version of Project Astra in the Gemini app could help a user fix their mountain bike. Gemini was able to parse through a user manual, search the web, and ...

Gemini Live’s project Astra features, including video and screen sharing, are now rolling out to more Android users. The update allows the conversational assistant to accept multimodal input from your ...