Augmented Reality (AR) can be fun technology to play with. The basic premise of AR is to overlay digital content on top of real things using something like a map, a camera, or sometimes the sky.

Route 66’s implementation of Augmented Reality into GPS navigation for Android devices is fantastic. Using the camera on your dash-mounted, android smartphone or tablet, the Route 66 Maps + Navigation ...

That little tease of Project Astra yesterday has brought us to a full announcement today for Google’s next platform, Android XR. The new platform is official as the extended reality space from Google ...

Discover the biggest smart glasses reveals from Google I/O 2026, including Project Aura, Android XR updates, and new AR hardware from Samsung and XREAL.

Citing “years of investment in AI, AR, and VR,” Google is stepping into the augmented reality market once more with Android XR. It’s an operating system that Google says will power future headsets and ...

Google's latest push into extended reality is taking shape. While the company isn't entirely ready to show off any products just yet, it has laid out a vision for a unified Android XR ecosystem that ...

This Android XR-powered headset comes with Google’s Gemini assistant and once again asks you to step into virtual waters. I was able to demo the headset again last week at a closed-doors media event ...

Matthew was the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police until 2025. The Xreal Air 2 smart glasses offer an augmented reality experience that can mimic a 130-inch screen, ensuring your media is larger ...

Bloomberg says Apple was developing augmented reality glasses powered by its Mac computers, but it canceled the project ...