TNW 438: Gemini in Your Glasses: A First Look - Google's Android XR Smart Glasses

About this episode

The episode discusses Amazon's Alexa integration, Bambu Lab's controversy, Google's upcoming smart glasses, and Apple's new accessibility features.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! Amazon is directly implementing Alexa into its flagship shopping website. Bambu Lab is in hot water over direct messages it sent to an independent developer regarding third-party software access. Google's set to release its Android XR smart glasses later this year. And Apple unveils new accessibility features for its products, now including Apple Intelligence. Jennifer talks about Amazon integrating Alexa into Amazon.com, where you'll be able to ask Alexa questions and get more personalized answers. Mikah discusses how Bambu Lab, maker of popular 3D printers, is facing criticism from the 3D printing community after it sent a cease-and-desist letter to a developer over a third-party app that bypassed some of Bambu's proprietary software. WIRED's Julian Chokkattu joins the show to talk about Google's upcoming Android XR smart glasses and his hands-on experience with the device on how it handled tasks such as translation, navigation, and on-the-fly information lookup. And Mikah shares Apple's latest announcements of new accessibility features that will be coming to its OS's later this year. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guest: Julian Chokkattu

Topics covered

• smart glasses
• Alexa integration
• 3D printing
• accessibility features
• technology news

Keywords

• Alexa
• smart glasses
• Bambu Lab
• Google
• Apple
• accessibility
• 3D printing
• technology news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, Bambu Lab, Google, Apple

Products: Android XR smart glasses, Alexa, Apple Intelligence

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