Google is launching Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and Pixel Watch 4 while allowing Samsung to pursue other Galaxy device directions independently. Google will sit out flip-style Razr-like phones and is not currently developing a smart ring. Development of a tablet overhaul has been paused until a meaningful future for the category is determined. Prototype AR/GLASSES exist but a consumer release by Google remains undecided (TBD). Google continues co-development of XR headsets with Samsung and is prioritizing Android XR as a platform for partner hardware. Executives suggested display-free glasses could pair with a smaller, unfoldable phone for entertainment.
Despite its partners Samsung and Motorola getting into flip-style phones where the screens opens up vertically like an old school Motorola Razr, Google says it intends to sit out that race. It's also not currently working on a smart ring and has paused development on a tablet overhaul until it figures out a meaningful future for the category, executives said.
Osterloh says it's still "TBD" whether Google itself will release glasses again, but he's intent on the category being part of the company's future. To be fair, Google has almost always shown off those glasses prototypes alongside the XR headsets it's co-developing with Samsung, and - like Meta - it seems more interested in making Android XR a platform for other glasses partners too.
If Google were to release glasses again, though, Bloomberg did get one interesting hint about how they might work. Osterloh and his deputy Shakil Barkat suggested in the interview that display-free glasses might pair nicely with a smaller phone, one that could unfold for your entertainment needs as well. But, again, it sounds like Google wants to "sit out" Razr-style folding flip phones for now.
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