Victoria Song

In its Q2 2025 earnings call, Garmin CEO Cliff Pemble says, “Glasses have come and gone once, and the utility and concerns around the use of those have always come up in the context.” He went on to say it’s a “wait and see thing.”

Specifically, Google says it now works with the Hydrow and Hydrow Wave rowers, the latest models of Echelon machines, and the confusingly named Spinning bikes and the accompanying mobile app. The Strava app is also confirmed to work. Sadly, the official list of compatible devices and apps says the device will definitely not work with Garmin, Life Fitness and TechnoGym. Oh, and there’s a handful of new clock faces too.

Meta’s hinted at this kind of wristband before, but The New York Times just published a deeper dive based on a research paper published in Nature. The neat thing is it can “predict” what you’re going to do based on electrical signals sent from your brain through your muscles. This isn’t a new concept. Third-party straps like the Mudra Band do similar things. But according to my colleague Alex Heath, this particular band will launch at Connect with Meta’s Hypernova glasses.