Google Gemini Smart Glasses Launching In Fall To Take On Meta

Google-powered smart glasses with Gemini, from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, are launching this fall to take on Ray-Ban Meta.

Gentle Monster and Warby Parker are rising competitors to EssilorLuxottica, Meta's partner, which owns the Ray-Ban and Oakley brands, is the largest eyewear company in the world by far, and has almost 4000 stores in the US alone. While far smaller in scale, they offer similar stylish designs. The US-based Warby Parker has over 270 physical stores in North America, while glasses from the South Korean Gentle Monster brand have become popular with younger people in the US and are worn by celebrities like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, and Billie Eilish.

Google first announced that it was working with the two companies on smart glasses to compete with Ray-Ban Meta back at I/O 2025 , though at the time didn't share a specific release timeline or hardware details.

At I/O 2026, Google revealed that the first Warby Parker and Gentle Monster smart glasses powered by its technology will arrive "later this fall", and confirmed that these first devices will not feature a display, despite the company's repeated 2025 demos focusing on the in-lens display of its prototypes.

The Warby Parker device resembles the Ray-Ban Meta Headliner style, and could easily be mistaken for it, while the Gentle Monster option looks nothing like anything Meta and EssilorLuxottica have put out so far, instead bringing Gentle Monster's iconic design language to smart glasses.

Google previously said it will also work with Kering Eyewear, another one of EssilorLuxottica's competitors, in the future.

The upcoming Warby Parker and Gentle Monster smart glasses.

As with Ray-Ban Meta, the Warby Parker and Gentle Monster glasses have cameras, speakers, and microphones, and communicate with your phone. But Google's two major advantages over Ray-Ban Meta are Gemini and Android.

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