Shortly after the market launch of its Apple Vision Pro competitor, Samsung appears to be already working on more compact glasses, the Samsung Galaxy Smart Glasses. The first details have now become known.
The Apple Vision Pro shows what the future of the digital world will most likely look like. The “mixed reality” of visionOS 26, in combination with the practical eye and finger tracking, makes it clear that the concept already works. For the time being, the hardware remains alien to everyday life only as a ski/diving goggle hybrid that weighs around 800 grams. The Samsung Galaxy
But as recent reports suggest, Samsung may already be close to translating the concept of smart glasses into a compact, more convenient format. The glasses, dubbed “Samsung Galaxy (Smart) Glasses” in the rumor mill, are increasingly taking shape and are expected to go on sale as early as 2026, it is said.
This is what the Samsung Galaxy Smart Glasses are supposed to offer
With the Samsung Galaxy Smart Glasses, the focus shifts to a wearable that, unlike the Galaxy XR, is designed for everyday use on the street. In this sense, the device competes more with the Meta Ray-Bans than with the Apple Vision Pro, which could be exactly the right approach.
How Android headlines Based on a Dutch leak, the smart glasses are said to be equipped with progressive lenses, which automatically darken in the bright outside world. There is a camera in the middle that can be used to record the surroundings.
What the smart glasses seem to be missing are displays in the glasses. According to the report, the focus is probably on “audiovisual capture” and on using the glasses as a useful addition to the smartphone, with which they can be connected via Bluetooth and WLAN. So it would probably be more about the audio integration of AI models like Gemini Live, which record the environment via the glasses camera and speak corresponding information into the ears. This would be practical for navigation or for short questions like “What kind of building is this?”
The report also notes that a version of the glasses is said to be in development specifically for the US market, which, identical to the Galaxy XR, points to a market launch in the US. There is no official information from Samsung yet, but rumors suggest that it will be released in the course of next year 2026. Samsung is said to have already secured the “Galaxy Glasses” brand.
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