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

Meta is expected to unveil its display-enabled smart glasses successful September, and nan first activity of Google's Android XR smart glasses will get in 2026. If you for illustration Halo's approach, you tin make a $249 deposit now for nan Halo X.

Google Teases a Nest Speaker

Google held its yearly hardware arena 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 nan show, we might person gotten a glimpse of a caller Nest smart speaker. That's a large deal, because Google hasn't released a Nest speaker in 5 years. The instrumentality looks for illustration a squashed HomePod Mini, pinch a ringing of LEDs connected nan underside that ray up erstwhile Gemini speaks.

That's nan different component—Gemini is coming to Google Home. It's yet replacing Google Assistant, and that intends you'll beryllium capable to interact pinch nan adjunct overmuch much people and power each of your smart location devices without having to opportunity rigid commands. That includes Gemini Live for a overmuch faster back-and-forth speech pinch nan assistant. Google's blog station says early entree to Gemini for Home will statesman successful October, and it will switch Assistant connected existing speakers and displays “over time.” That mightiness propose a caller Nest Speaker will footwear disconnected nan 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 nan 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 nan feature, as reported by Bloomberg Law.

In nan complaint, Masimo notes that CBP had reversed nan ruling successful an ex parte determination without Masimo’s knowledge, successful spite of nan truth that nan agency 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 finance for a full of $600 billion, successful a ceremonial wherever Apple CEO Tim Cook presented Trump pinch an engraved solid disk mounted connected a 24K-gold base. Masimo has asked nan tribunal for a impermanent restraining bid and preliminary injunction to artifact CBP’s ruling and to reconstruct nan January 2024 decision to waste nan watches only if nan sensing has been disabled. For nan clip being, your Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 person humor oxygen sensing; we will soon spot whether this year’s Watch 11 will person it arsenic well. —Adrienne So

Insta360 Launches a New Action Camera

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