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Fri. 12/13 – Gemini As The New Android/OS?

Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough

News, Technology, Daily News, Tech News

4.7984 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Ok, what if AI models are really the new OS for… everything. But also: smartglasses and a Vision Pro competitor. I’ll explain. Could NotebookLM become a fully fledged product? Seemingly the leader in the clubhouse in the race to create the next AI paradigm beyond the transformer model. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Techmeme right home for Friday, December 13th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today. Okay,

0:10.0

what if AI models are really the new OS for everything? But also smart glasses and a Vision

0:15.6

Pro competitor, I'll explain. Could Notebook L.M become a fully fledfledged product? seemingly the leader in the clubhouse

0:22.2

in the race to create the next AI paradigm beyond the transformer model? And of course, the

0:26.7

weekend long-reach suggestions. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:32.9

Something, something new product category enabled by AI. Google yesterday unveiled Android XR, a mixed reality

0:40.5

OS for headsets and smart glasses with Gemini built in, and plans a 2025 debut for this with a piece

0:48.5

of hardware from Samsung called Project Mujan, which is a headset.

0:54.0

This is Victoria's hands-on report of all of that,

0:58.8

quoting The Verge. It's an ordinary Tuesday. I'm wearing what look like ordinary glasses and

1:04.4

rooms surrounded by Google and Samsung representatives. One of them steps in front of me and

1:08.8

starts speaking in Spanish. I don't speak Spanish.

1:11.6

Hovering in mid-air, I can see her words being translated into English subtitles.

1:16.9

Reading them, I can see she's describing what I'm seeing in real time.

1:21.3

I mumble an expletive.

1:23.4

Everyone laughs.

1:24.3

This is my first experience with Android XR, a new mixed reality OS designed for headsets

1:28.6

and smart glasses like the prototypes I'm wearing. It's Google's big bet to power a new generation

1:33.9

of augmented reality devices that embody our wildest dreams of what smart glasses can be. Google wants

1:40.0

everyone to know the time is finally right for XR, and it's pointing to Gemini as its North Star.

1:45.8

Adding Gemini enables multimodal AI and natural language, things it says will make interactions

1:51.1

with your environment richer. In a demo, Google had me prompt Gemini to name the title of a

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