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After taking on the Apple Vision Pro, Samsung’s next foray into futuristic wearables is looking to compete with the Meta Ray-Bans.
While the South Korean tech company has yet to make its set of smart specs official, Android Headlines has released renderings that it claims are based on “real-life pictures of a testing unit” alongside a number of other leaked details.
According to the report, the Samsung Galaxy Glasses will come in two variants – both of which are said to be powered by Android XR and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 processor.
The first – which goes by the codename Jinju – is expected to launch later this year. It will feature a pair of 12MP cameras but no integrated display. The specific form-factor and featureset will likely make the Galaxy Glasses an obvious competitor to Meta’s Ray-Bans.
For all that they share with the Meta-made wearable, Samsung’s specs are said to offer a big upgrade in the form of built-in Gemini integration. Courtesy of its integration with the wider Google ecosystem, this promises to offer much more functionality than the AI assistant built into Meta’s smart glasses can offer.
Meanwhile, the second set of Samsung Galaxy Glasses – codenamed Haean – are expected to launch in 2027. Details are lighter on this front, but the main pitch is that the wearable will include an integrated MicroLED display, which will unlock a lot of additional functionality that the likes of the Ray-Bans can’t compete on.
According to Android Headlines, the Galaxy Glasses will launch at an RRP of somewhere between USD $379 and USD $499. If Samsung ends up launching them in Australia, a rough currency conversion would see that sum fall somewhere between $500 and $700. However, that’s probably a conservative estimate – as anyone who has ever had to pay international shipping from Australia likely already knows.
Given that last year’s Galaxy XR is still MIA when it comes to the Australian market, it’s easy to be sceptical about the possibility that the Galaxy Glasses might end up in the same situation. That being said, Australia was one of the first regions to get the Samsung Galaxy Ring, so you never know.
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Fergus Halliday
Digital Content Editor
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