Android XR on stage in Google I/O 2025, GM of Shahram Isi.
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Key takeaways of zdnet
- The AI Glass of Samsung running Android XR will compete with Meta Re-Ban.
- Smart glass will be announced at an unpacked event on 29 September on 29 September.
- The products will be powered by Google Gemini and are not included in the Meta Ray-Ban.
Samsung’s AI Smart Glasses will be one of the three state-of-the-art devices to compete with the meta ray-ban, which Samsung will announce at an unpacked event in South Korea on 29 September, as the ZDNET has reported. The other two product projects are Moohn XR headsets and Tri-fold smartphone,
Like the Meta Ray-Bamboo, Samsung’s glasses will only be audio-audio and it will be focused on features such as AI Assistant, Camera, and Audio Calls, Music and Podcast for providing more convenient access to music and podcasts, as well as, as well as, as well as, on the basis of report outside Korea on the basis of reports outside Korea. Newsworks, ETNEWS And NewspaperSamsung’s glasses will include navigation, real -time translation and status awareness.
The product name will probably be “Samsung Galaxy Glasses” based on one Samsung filing with US patent office,
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Depending on the previous statements by Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm, Galaxy glasses will run Android XR and most likely that will be operated by that Qualcomm Snapdragon AR 1 General 1The same chip that powers the meta ray-bans-only Qualcomm Announced Its next-round Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 In June 2025 AWE events.
during Google I/O Keenote In May 2025, GM of Android XR, Shahram IzadiSaid, “We are taking our partnership with Samsung to the next level, which is expanding Android XR beyond the glasses beyond the headset. We are creating software and reference hardware platforms to make the ecosystem capable of making great glasses with us. Prototypes of our glasses are already used by worldly examiners.”
As one of the founding colleagues of Google on Android, Samsung will definitely be considered a reliable tester.
The Android XR prototype was demolished at Google I/O 2025.
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Ansel SAG, leading analyst of Moore Insights and Strategy, see a clear path for Samsung in this space. He said, “Samsung actually receives it, depending on everything I saw about Wearbals. Samsung provides some best hardware, and if the company can ship the competitive hardware added with Google Gemini and Android XR, it can be a very powerful solution.
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However, greens do not think there is enough time to integrate Samsung Next-Gyne Snapdragon Ar1+ Gen 1 Chip For smart glass which was released in this spring and promises better secrecy by sending a 20% small footprint, low power consumption, better image quality, on-device language model, and cloud to a low AI query.
“I am not sure that this will be an AR1+ Gen 1, but it can be – only if the announcement occurs this year and the next year the product ships,” Sag said. “When I last talked to Qualcomm in Awe 2025, it did not seem that we were receiving AR1+ Gen 1 product for some time next year.”
Let us not forget that before Samsung’s announcement of 29 September, Meta will unveil its next smart glasses. Meta Connect On 17 September. Meta is expected to release two products-a set of $ 800 AR glasses was codained to Hypernoova and an aging upgraded to its popular audio-keval AI Glass, Meta Ray-Bans.
Smart Glasses Space is also having a lot, with this fall with new products expected from realities, luxurious laboratories and others.
ZDNET reached Samsung for comment and will provide updates when we learn more.
