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Samsung Electronics (SSNLF, Financials) revealed early details about its upcoming artificial intelligence powered smart glasses, signaling the company’s entry into the rapidly growing wearable technology market.
A senior executive said the device will feature a built-in camera positioned at eye level and will connect to a smartphone, which will handle the processing of information captured by the glasses. The product is expected to launch later this year and will represent Samsung’s first step into the smart glasses category.
The company is developing the device in partnership with Qualcomm and Alphabet’s Google. The collaboration focuses on the operating system, chip design and hardware built around mixed-reality technologies, which combine elements of augmented and virtual reality.
Samsung’s move comes as interest in wearable AI devices grows rapidly. Smart glasses are increasingly viewed as a potential successor to smartphones for certain tasks, allowing users to interact with artificial intelligence through voice commands and real-world visual input.
Currently, Meta Platforms dominates the smart glasses segment, largely due to the popularity of its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
Samsung executives said the goal is to bring a commercial product to the market this year as competition intensifies in the emerging AI wearable space.
