Samsung and Google Join the Glasses Race
A 41-gram frame with Gemini inside opens preorders on 12 November.
Samsung and Google will open preorders on 12 November 2026 for Intelligent Eyewear, a display-free AI glasses product built on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1, Google’s Android XR platform and Gemini, with frames designed by Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. It weighs about 41 grams against 50 grams for Ray-Ban Meta, and pairs nine hours of battery with seven recharges from the case. An LED inside and outside the frame indicates when the camera is active. Launch is scheduled for December, starting in Korea and the United States. Pricing has not been announced; expectations sit slightly above Ray-Ban Meta’s $500.