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Recap: Google popularized the modern concept of smart glasses with its ill-fated Google Glass project in 2013, which succumbed to sharp pushback over privacy concerns. As Meta contends with the same controversy more than a decade later and Apple contemplates the issue, Google is taking another crack at it, hoping new privacy assurances can make smart glasses the next digital trend.

Pre-orders are now open for two new sets of Google smart glasses from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster . Shipment dates remain unclear, but various colors and styles are available, ranging from around $400 to $500.

Google's new Intelligent Eyeware collection runs on the company's Android XR platform, which mirrors Meta's smart-glass functionality via Google's AI and software suite.…