Victoria Song

Senior Reviewer, Wearable Tech

Xreal teases Project Aura smart glasses for Android XR

Victoria SongMay 20, 2025

Reporting for live blog duty, it’s your I/O crew.

Minus Allison, who is gonna be snapping some killer photos for us from a more optimal position.

Nilay Patel, Victoria Song, and Alex Heath of The Verge posting at the SHoreline Amphitheatre

Photo: Victoria Song / The Verge

Google I/O 2025 live blog: Gemini takes center stage

Does Google have what it takes to reinvent itself?

Alex Heath, Nilay Patel and 2 moreMay 20, 2025

Victoria SongMay 20, 2025

We’re kicking off the I/O pre-show with... live vibe coding.

I don’t know how I feel about this, but I’ll tell you it’s no Mark Rebillet firing T-Shirt cannons and making AI music. Then again, I’m not sure how any keynote pre-show will ever top that.

the main SHoreline Ampitheatre stage showing a screen saying “What’s Your Vibe?”

Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Victoria SongMay 19, 2025

I see Delta woke up and chose violence on my flight.

I boarded my plane to Google I/O an innocent. “What are my movie options?” I asked myself right before takeoff. Maybe an action flick? An old school rom-com? Little did I know I would be assaulted by the ghost of tech conferences past.

I am agog, I am aghast, the CES 2025 keynote is front-and-center in my in-flight entertainment menu. Delta, why must you hurt me like this!?

A zoomed in photo of Delta’s in-flight entertainment menu showing the 2025 CES keynote front and center.

What did I ever do to Delta?

Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

Garmin announces new Forerunner watches with splashy colors and running metrics

Victoria SongMay 15, 2025

Huawei’s latest watch has a snazzy new fingertip sensor

Victoria SongMay 15, 2025

Victoria SongMay 13, 2025

Samsung confirms Gemini will debut on its Galaxy Watches.

The big Wear OS 6 news is that Gemini is headed to the wrist. It’s unsurprising to see Samsung’s smartwatches will get it first. After all, new Galaxy Watches have launched before new Pixel Watches ever since Google and Samsung teamed up to create Wear OS 3. The good news is you won’t necessarily have to upgrade. Google told me that Gemini will be coming to any Wear OS watch that currently supports Assistant.

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Victoria SongMay 13, 2025

Android XR at the Android Show?

Ahead of next week’s Google I/O conference, we’re expecting to hear a bunch of news at today’s Android Show. That possibly includes the newly launched Android XR — Google’s new platform for mixed reality, smart glasses, and Samsung’s forthcoming Project Moohan. If you’re curious to learn more, you can always check out my hands-on with Moohan and Android XR from a few months ago.