Newshot Samsung's First Smart Glasses, Intelligent Eyewear, Open for Pre-order: Running Android XR, Starting at $395
IT之家 November 12 news: Samsung has finally begun taking pre-orders for its first smart glasses, called Intelligent Eyewear. Pre-orders open today in South Korea and the United States, with shipping set to begin on December 10.
Samsung will launch Intelligent Eyewear in partnership with eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, offering 30 different designs in total, priced from $395 to $489 (IT之家 note: roughly 2,641 to 3,269 yuan at current exchange rates).
Of these, Gentle Monster offers 6 frame styles in 16 configurations, while Warby Parker offers 3 frame designs in 14 configurations.
The Gentle Monster lineup includes the following styles:
- Frame shapes: square, round, oversized angular, cat-eye, narrow rectangular, and oval.
- Frame colors: black, burgundy, white / light gray.
The Warby Parker lineup includes the following styles:
- Frame shapes: classic square / rectangular, round.
- Frame colors: black, dark green, dark red / brown.
Consumers can pre-order the glasses through Warby Parker's online store and physical retail locations, Gentle Monster's official online store, and select Samsung retail stores.
Those who want to try the glasses in person before buying can visit designated stores starting December 10, 2026.
Samsung Intelligent Eyewear features a 12-megapixel front camera, four microphones, and two open-ear speakers. Using the camera and microphones, the glasses can perceive what the user sees and hears, then use AI to help users complete various tasks.
On the software side, the glasses run Google's Android XR operating system and include two AI assistants, Gemini and Bixby. However, Bixby is only available when the glasses are paired with a Samsung Galaxy phone.
On the hardware side, the glasses are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 processor, with 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Samsung says the glasses and a paired smartphone share the computing workload. Users can operate the device through voice commands and touch gestures.
For compatibility, Samsung Galaxy S series and Galaxy Z series phones need to run One UI 9.0 or later. In addition, the glasses support Apple iPhone (iPhone 13 and later, with at least 6GB of RAM) and Google Pixel phones (Pixel 7 and later).
For imaging, the 12-megapixel camera supports taking photos and can record SDR video at up to 3K resolution and 30fps, or 2K HDR video. For connectivity, the glasses support Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4.
For battery life, the glasses can last up to 9 hours on a single charge in mixed-use scenarios. With the included charging case, total battery life can reach up to 72 hours. Based on about 10 hours of use per day, the charging case can provide roughly a week of use.
The glasses weigh an average of 41 grams and have IPX4 water resistance, protecting against splashes from any direction. The Gentle Monster styles weigh 39.6 to 43.9 grams, while the Warby Parker styles weigh 40.4 to 42.6 grams.
Samsung says the first-generation smart glasses are mainly aimed at use cases such as navigation, language translation, and visual assistance.
Thanks to deep integration with Google's Gemini AI assistant, Intelligent Eyewear can recognize landmarks and various objects and answer users' follow-up questions based on the recognition results. The glasses can also retrieve information from the internet or the user's Google account to answer everyday questions.
In practical use, the glasses support real-time language translation and can provide turn-by-turn navigation guidance through Google Maps.
Users can also use the glasses to capture whiteboard content or meeting notes and organize and summarize the relevant content directly into the Samsung Notes app.
In addition, with AI features, the glasses can read aloud notifications received on the phone and automatically categorize and summarize notifications based on context, conveying information to users in more natural language.
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