Samsung, Google unveil AI smart glasses in 30 designs

Samsung has officially entered the eyewear market with its new Intelligent Eyewear collection. This collection was created in partnership, with known lifestyle brands. The brands are called Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The glasses use Googles Gemini AI. The glasses are supposed to mix clothing style with help that does not need hands.

The launch follows Samsungs teaser in October last year and its later showcase at the Galaxy Unpacked event earlier this year. The new collection has 30 designs giving customers many choices, in styles, colours and sizes.

The smart glasses are currently available for pre-order, in the US. Sales and deliveries will start on December 10.

Samsung smart glasses price and availability

Samsungs Intelligent Eyewear collection offers two price ranges. Samsungs Intelligent Eyewear collection price depends on the brand and design.

The Warby Parker Intelligent Eyewear begins at $395, which's about Rs 37,000. On the hand the Gentle Monster collection ranges from $449, roughly Rs 42,000, up to $489, around Rs 46,000.

Interested buyers can order the glasses in advance through the online and physical stores of Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. However, the company has not shared any information about when the glasses will be available, in the market.

Samsung Intelligent Eyewear specifications and features

Beneath the surface Samsungs smart glasses run on Qualcomms Snapdragon AR 1 Gen 1 chipset. Samsungs smart glasses also have a 12‑megapixel HDR camera, on the side which lets users take pictures in a 3:4 aspect ratio.

The camera can record videos at up to 3K resolution at 30 frames, per second. It also supports 2K HDR video recording.

For audio the glasses have open-ear speakers and four microphones. These microphones are built to pick up voice commands with clarity. The glasses also have 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

Samsung says that the eyewear can last up to nine hours on a charge. When I use the charging case the total battery life of the eyewear can extend, up to 72 hours.

Users can interact with the glasses by speaking voice commands and using touch controls. The glasses come with Gemini AI built in. Also include Samsungs Bixby assistant. The glasses have an IPX4 rating. The glasses can handle splashes. The glasses support Wi‑Fi 6E. Bluetooth 5.4.

Compatibility and privacy features

The glasses work with Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S FE and Galaxy Z phones that run One UI 9.0 or newer. The glasses also work with Google Pixel 7 and newer phones that run Android 17 and, with iPhone 13 and newer models that run iOS 26.6 or newer.

Privacy is another feature of the new wearable. A small LED light turns on whenever a photo is taken or a video is recorded. If someone covers the light the recording stops away. This helps protect people’s privacy in time.

Google has also added privacy measures for Geminis visual search feature. When users ask the AI about something they are viewing Google’s system automatically blurs faces of bystanders before the image is processed. Google wants to keep privacy safe for everyone. Gemini is designed to protect bystanders by blurring their faces. This privacy measure is part of Google’s commitment, to AI.

Also, Google said that camera visuals are not stored in Gemini history. Also Google said that camera visuals are not used to train AI models.

What Google said about the launch

Shahram Izadi, Vice President and General Manager of the Android XR Platform and Products, at Google confirmed the launch by announcing on X that pre‑orders for the eyewear are now officially open.

He said He was immensely proud and humbled to work with teams, at Google, Samsung Mobile, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to bring these eyewear collections to life.

Izadi also mentioned that the lightweight glasses provide hands- help using the Gemini app all day long. He said that Warby Parker and Gentle Monster worked on making the eyewear look good with styles, colours and sizes to match what each person likes.

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