Here’s Our First Look at Google’s Glasses Companion App

An earlier report revealed that Samsung will launch two pairs of smart glasses, with one debuting this year. Now, Google seems to be gearing up and working on an app that’ll let you connect them to your phone. It also offers an early look at some of the features.

Google’s making good progress on its glasses companion app

First spotted by Reddit user Oguie13, who managed to extract Google’s Glasses companion app, it was later picked up by folks at Android Authority. They got their hands on the APK, installed it, and previewed a fair number of features. The outlet admits they can’t complete the setup without the actual Glasses hardware (it will presumably run Android XR). Still, the screenshots reveal how you’ll interact with the glasses.

Based on the screenshots, you’ll be able to choose how you want to import captured images and set video length. You can select manual import, automatic import, or automatic import while charging. For video recording, you can choose 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 90 seconds, or 3 minutes.

For what it’s worth, smart glasses can’t weigh much, which means they’ll likely have limited battery capacity. These options help keep them from draining too quickly. Automatic import while charging already sounds like the best option since it lets everything sync without hitting the battery. You’ll also be able to access Gemini settings for the glasses, view notifications, and tap System to see version info, updates, and reset options.

The outlet also accessed several strings that reveal additional details not shown in the screenshots. Conversation Detection automatically pauses notifications when the glasses detect you’re talking. Gemini silences spoken alerts to reduce interruptions. There’s also a note stating that all processing happens on-device for privacy, with no raw audio, images, or conversation data shared externally.

Furthermore, these will also let users pause spoken announcements for one, two, four, or eight hours. Google also appears ready to limit Gemini features to newer, more capable hardware. There might also be an audio-only mode, brightness controls, and camera options reaching experimental 3K video, with safeguards to prevent recording while blocking the LED.

We can’t wait to try the smart glasses and see whether they’re actually useful or just a gimmick. Stay tuned, and we’ll keep you posted.