Samsung will release its first AI glasses in November, entering the emerging AI wearable market for the first time. Meta has a strong position here✴ – Her smart glasses, equipped with a camera but no display, are very popular.
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Samsung first partnered with Google to showcase a device based on the Android XR platform at the Google I/O conference in May; in July, at the Galaxy Unpacked event, the company revealed more details about its design and features. A representative for the South Korean tech giant confirmed to the publication korea heraldThe smart glasses will be available in November; the cost of the device has not yet been announced. The so-called “smart glasses” don’t have a display but are equipped with cameras and microphones that record what the user sees and hears. Google’s Gemini AI model processes the received information on a connected Galaxy smartphone and broadcasts the answers through the glasses’ speakers.
One of the device’s advantages is its light weight; at the launch event, the company highlighted smart glasses “Lighter than most artificial intelligence glasses”. Anecdotal evidence suggests they are 5 grams lighter than the base Ray-Ban Meta model✴ ——Its mass is 51 grams. Samsung itself did not disclose specific indicators. So far, the market for these devices has mainly consisted of models without displays. According to data from Counterpoint Research, in the first half of 2026, their sales increased by 263% year-on-year – models without displays accounted for 96% of the total, while Meta✴ Occupying 94% of this segment.
at meta conference✴ Social media giant Connect launches updated Ray-Ban Meta model✴ Camera-less audio is lightweight, energy-efficient and does not raise privacy concerns. But South Korean regulators raised the issues and Samsung had to discuss it with the authorities. In September, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology began developing guidelines for the safe use of the device amid concerns about covert filming and cheating in exams. Samsung promised to install an LED video recording light and make sure the camera turns off when those lights overlap.
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