Samsung joins the smart glasses battle, planning to launch in Q3 2025

Samsung joins the smart glasses battle, with its first product aligning with Ray-Ban Meta glasses. On Monday, November 18, tech media 9to5google, which focuses on Google, reported that the extended reality (XR) smart glasses developed by Samsung in collaboration with Google are expected to be released in the second half of 2025, with an initial production of 500,000 units, and will use Qualcomm's AR1 chipset, just like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. In addition, the Samsung XR glasses will be equipped with a 12-megapixel camera and a 155mAh battery, which are the same specifications as the Ray-Ban Meta glasses (with a margin of error within 1mAh). However, the Samsung XR glasses weigh about 50 grams, slightly heavier than the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. It is noteworthy that the Samsung XR glasses seemingly do not have a display—a report released by Samsung in October revealed the hardware specifications of the glasses but made no mention of a display. 9to5google believes this is a strong indication that the Samsung XR glasses may not be equipped with a display at all, as maintaining a similar weight while using a battery of the same capacity as the Ray-Ban Meta glasses would be extremely challenging. However, it is certain that the Samsung XR glasses will use Google's generative AI chatbot Gemini to handle AI tasks, supporting functions such as "payment," QR code recognition, gesture recognition, and human recognition, indicating that the capabilities of the Samsung XR glasses may be more powerful than those of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. 9to5google also predicts that Samsung may start preheating for the XR glasses quite a long time before their official release— for example, the XR glasses may make an early appearance at the Samsung Galaxy S25 launch event