Samsung unveils AI smart glasses, bringing Gemini to your eyewear

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Samsung has unveiled its first "Intelligent Eyewear", bringing artificial intelligence, cameras and voice assistance into a pair of glasses designed to look more like everyday eyewear than a high-tech headset.

The glasses were officially introduced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event in London, following an earlier preview at Google I/O. Samsung developed the eyewear with Google and fashion eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker.

Built around Google's Android XR platform, the glasses use Gemini as an AI assistant and are designed to work alongside a smartphone rather than replace it. Users can interact with the assistant through voice commands while keeping their phones in their pockets.

The glasses are equipped with a camera, microphones and speakers, allowing users to take photographs, ask questions about what they are seeing, translate signs and conversations, receive navigation assistance and interact with smartphone applications.

Samsung has also focused on privacy, an increasingly important issue for camera-equipped smart glasses. A small LED indicator is designed to show when the camera is recording, while wear detection is intended to prevent the device from operating when it is not being worn.

Battery life is another selling point, with Samsung promising up to nine hours of use under mixed-use conditions. The glasses are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 platform and are designed to maintain a relatively conventional eyewear form factor.

But consumers will have to wait. Samsung has said the Intelligent Eyewear will arrive this autumn in select markets, with pricing and a detailed list of launch markets yet to be announced.

That means the glasses are not yet a Middle East retail launch, despite Samsung having a major regional presence. The company has not confirmed Gulf availability at this stage.

Still, the product marks an important shift in the smartphone race: instead of asking users to look down at a screen, Samsung and Google want AI to become something you can wear, hear and interact with while looking at the world around you.