Google just announced Android XR and confirmed that smart glasses are coming. And we now have a good idea of how it all works.

CNET sat down with Google's Sameer Samat to talk about Android XR and why now is the right time for mixed reality to go mainstream.

After teasing the smart glasses with Gemini AI at the core, Google offered a select few a hands-on experience with the wearable.

For the most part, smart glasses and AR glasses are not solid or even capable of replacing prescription glasses. Usually, lens are ground at the glasses store where optometrists c