XREAL and Google showcased Project Aura at Google I/O 2026 , giving attendees a closer look at XREAL’s upcoming wired Android XR glasses . The device is scheduled to launch globally in 2026 , but today’s update is a developer and demo milestone, not yet a full-blown retail launch. Project Aura is not in the same product category as Google and Samsung’s new audio-first smart glasses , unveiled today at I/O. It is a visual XR device with an optical see-through display , an impressive FHD 70-degree field of view , Android XR , Gemini , and XREAL’s X1S spatial chip . XREAL’s official Project Aura page describes it as the company’s first tethered XR glasses built with Google for Android XR. The Google I/O demos focused on what people would actually see through the glasses.…