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The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026
Andrew Liszewski and Stevie Bonifield
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Here’s a look at the Warby Parker and Gentle Monster glasses.

Details are scant, but if you want to read about some of the capabilities, here’s my Android XR hands-on!

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Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
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An exclusive look at Google’s new teleconferencing experiments.

Sean Hollister
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google’s AI world model can now generate experiences based on real world places.

When making an interactive experience with Project Genie, you can now pick a place in the US and Genie can use Street View data from that place for grounding. You can also prompt a style to change what that place looks like in your interactive AI-generated world.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google’s super expensive AI plan is getting cheaper.

It’s still expensive, though: Google AI Ultra plan, which used to cost $249.99 per month, now starts at $100 per month. There’s also a $200 per month option that includes access to Google’s Project Genie world model.

The two options for Ultra matches OpenAI’s approach for its Pro tier, which also now comes in $100 and $200 per month tiers.

A first (and second) look at the Android XR glasses launching this year

That includes Xreal’s Project Aura, plus previously announced glasses with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker.

Victoria Song