Gear News of the Week: Always-Recording Smart Glasses, and Google Teases a New Nest Speaker

Meta is expected to unveil its display-enabled astute glasses successful September, and the archetypal question of Google's Android XR astute glasses volition get in 2026. If you similar Halo's approach, you tin marque a $249 deposit present for the Halo X.

Google Teases a Nest Speaker

Google held its yearly hardware lawsuit this week, wherever it launched caller Pixel 10 phones, a Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel Buds 2a wireless earbuds. It didn't denote immoderate Nest products, but during a conception of the show, we might person gotten a glimpse of a caller Nest astute speaker. That's a large deal, due to the fact that Google hasn't released a Nest talker in 5 years. The instrumentality looks similar a squashed HomePod Mini, with a ringing of LEDs connected the underside that airy up erstwhile Gemini speaks.

That's the different component—Gemini is coming to Google Home. It's yet replacing Google Assistant, and that means you'll beryllium capable to interact with the adjunct overmuch much people and power each of your astute location devices without having to accidental rigid commands. That includes Gemini Live for a overmuch faster back-and-forth speech with the assistant. Google's blog station says aboriginal entree to Gemini for Home volition statesman successful October, and it volition regenerate Assistant connected existing speakers and displays “over time.” That mightiness suggest a caller Nest Speaker volition footwear disconnected the caller capabilities.

Masimo Sues Again Over Apple’s SpO2 Tech

Last week, we reported that Apple had “redesigned” its humor oxygen sensing instrumentality to get astir a patent infringement suit brought by Masimo, and that blood oxygen sensing had returned to the Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2. On Wednesday, August 20, Masimo sued US Customs and Border Protection, saying that CBP had unlawfully allowed Apple to reactivate the feature, as reported by Bloomberg Law.

In the complaint, Masimo notes that CBP had reversed the ruling successful an ex parte determination without Masimo’s knowledge, successful spite of the information that the bureau usually requires some parties to beryllium heard. In addition, Masimo besides noted that this reversal comes aft Apple committed an further $100 billion successful US concern for a full of $600 billion, successful a ceremonial wherever Apple CEO Tim Cook presented Trump with an engraved solid disk mounted connected a 24K-gold base. Masimo has asked the tribunal for a impermanent restraining bid and preliminary injunction to artifact CBP’s ruling and to reconstruct the January 2024 decision to merchantability the watches lone if the sensing has been disabled. For the clip being, your Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 person humor oxygen sensing; we volition soon spot whether this year’s Watch 11 volition person it arsenic well. —Adrienne So

Insta360 Launches a New Action Camera

Insta360 has announced the Go Ultra, a caller enactment camera successful the company's tiny Go series. Like its predecessor, the Go 3S, the Go Ultra consists of a assemblage and a detachable camera pod. Unlike the pill-shaped detachable constituent of erstwhile Go cameras, the Go Ultra pod is square. It's inactive airy (58 grams) and the built-in magnetic backmost means it tin equine successful places different cameras can't.