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- Tech Advisor reports that Samsung and Google are launching new smart glasses powered by Gemini AI, designed with fashion brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for broader consumer appeal.
- The glasses offer hands-free photo capture, real-time text and speech translation, AI shopping suggestions, and seamless integration with Galaxy and Pixel devices.
- These Android XR-powered glasses are expected to launch in select markets this autumn, marking both companies’ strategic re-entry into smart eyewear.
Samsung and Google have officially announced their re-entry into the world of smart glasses. And, surprise surprise, they’re powered by Gemini.
The two sets of glasses have more of a fashion focus than we’ve seen from previous Samsung and Google headsets. They’re far more in line with the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), which is thought to account for more than 80% of the rapidly growing smart glasses market.
Just like Meta, Google and Samsung have designed their smart glasses in conjunction with two fashion brands: Gentle Monster and Warby Parker.
With no separate display included, these new glasses are designed to be used alongside your smartphone – and their built-in speakers – for a “hands-free and heads-up” experience. As such, Google’s Android XR platform and its Gemini AI assistant will play a central role.
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Gemini, but on your face
Google and Samsung have yet to reveal everything that these glasses will be able to do, but examples provided by the latter offer a rough idea.
One is to ask Gemini for shopping suggestions and routes while out and about. Another is for the glasses to summarise texts and add events to calendars – again, completely hands-free.
You can also prompt the glasses to capture photos, without requiring you to fish out your phone.
Finally, you can supposedly have the glasses perform real-time translations, with the ability to translate text on menus or signs in the user’s line of sight. The spoken feedback will all be delivered in a voice of your choosing that’s assigned to the glasses.
Samsung also mentions that the glasses will work seamlessly with the wider Galaxy device ecosystem, which you’d expect. Given the partnership with Google, they’re also likely to play nicely with Pixel devices.
These as-yet-unnamed Samsung smart glasses are set to launch in select markets this autumn, with more details set to be revealed over the coming months – including the all-important price.
To see what they’ll be up against, check out our hands-on review of the latest Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2).
