Google Glass has been struggling in recent weeks as app developers and consumers grow impatient about the years of beta testing Google is conducting to find the best market for the wearable computer. However, despite the setbacks, Google hasn't quit the idea of getting its Glass product to mass markets in the future, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Reports state that Google is already developing the next version of Glass and has left its partnership with Texas Instruments in favor of working with Intel.

The first consumer generation of Google Glass had multiple physical flaws: It had a short battery life and somewhat bulky casing. So for Intel to improve on the original design, or anyone else who lands the job, many hardware features need updating to make them more user-friendly in everyday life.

There are few details being released about this next version of Glass, but supposedly it will be powered by an unknown Intel chipset, according to WSJ. If this rumor is true, it will mark the first major upgrade to the product since its initial 2012 creation.

Although the tech gadget as yet to find its niche in this device-laden market, Google has continued to release updates to Glass. One of its first updates allowed the system to be compatible with prescription lenses on the smart-spectacles and the second major change doubled the amount of RAM in the device.

This move for Intel is one in a recent series of positioning itself back into the wearable and mobile chipset markets, an area the company had steered clear from previously. At the International CES last year, Intel announced new mobile aspirations and previewed several new wearable computing gadgets.

With other competitors like chip giant MICA unveiling a fairly sophisticated but exclusive wearable computer, Intel's decision to partner with a household-name like Google is likely a smart move.