Google's Android XR platform and XReal's Project Aura are bringing smart glasses closer to mainstream reality, offering developers powerful tools to create practical, everyday wearable experiences that go far beyond novelty gadgets.

Pebble’s next act is a smart ring with a built-in microphone for recording your thoughts. Pebble smartwatch maker Eric Migicovsky, who recently reacquired the Pebble brand (now under his new company Core Devices) and revived the e-paper-based wearable, calls the $99 Index 01 smart ring an “external memory” for your brain.