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In abstract:
- Tech Advisor reviews Samsung’s Galaxy Glasses will launch in late 2026 for $379-$499, that includes Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 processor and weighing roughly 50g.
- The sensible glasses will run Google’s Android XR platform with Gemini assistant, providing a sleeker design than Ray-Ban Meta with directional audio system and 12Mp digicam.
- A premium Haean mannequin with micro-LED show is predicted in 2027 for $600-$900, with potential teasers at July’s Samsung Unpacked occasion.
Particulars regarding Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Glasses have leaked on-line, revealing the potential value, design and a few specs for the sensible glasses.
The Samsung Galaxy Glasses would be the South Korean firm’s second Android XR product, following the Samsung Galaxy XR (backside image). Now Android Headlines has printed pictures of the brand new sensible glasses, that are apparently based mostly on real-life pictures of an early take a look at unit.
They give the impression of being quite a bit just like the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) (pictured above), however may nicely be slimmer and lighter. With Google’s all-conquering Gemini assistant onboard, they need to even be smarter.
These screen-free Samsung Galaxy Glasses apparently carry the code identify Jinju, and can value within the area of $379 to $499 (£280 to £370 transformed) after they ship, seemingly later in 2026.
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There’s additionally a second set of Samsung sensible glasses within the works with a tentative 2027 launch window. Apparently, mission Haean will contain a extra premium set of specs with a built-in micro-LED show, making them sound just like the Oppo Air Glass 3 we noticed a few years in the past.
These may value within the area of $600 to $900, which might work out to between £445 and £670 (once more, with forex conversion, which isn’t all the time the perfect measure of tech costs).
Each units of Samsung glasses will run on Google’s Android XR platform, which ought to function prominently at subsequent month’s Google I/O occasion, alongside a possible new set of sensible glasses from Google itself (along with style manufacturers Warby Parker and Mild Monster).
Samsung Galaxy Glasses seemingly specs
Based on reviews, the Samsung Galaxy Glasses will function a 155mAh battery, a 12Mp Sony IMX681 digicam, and can run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 processor. It’ll weigh within the area of 50g, and can transmit audio utilizing directional audio system, although bone conduction expertise has been noticed in patent functions.
As for when precisely we would see this preliminary set of Samsung Galaxy Glasses, the report factors out that the subsequent Samsung Unpacked occasion is more likely to happen in July.
Whereas this occasion shall be devoted to Samsung’s new foldable telephones, together with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Vast, and Galaxy Z Flip 8, there might be room for a ‘only one other thing’ type teaser.
There’s precedent for this, with the Galaxy S25 Edge and Galaxy XR headset each being shock proven off on the Unpacked occasion again in January 2025.
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Apple behind the curve once more
Samsung and Google have an actual likelihood to steal a march on Apple’s augmented actuality plans right here, judging from a chunk of separate information.
Famous Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman claims that Apple’s personal light-weight glasses – which may finally substitute the iPhone, if all goes to plan – gained’t launch till a while between 2028 and 2030.
This might give Samsung a two-year head begin on the very least, ought to its late 2026 plans come to fruition.