Samsung is ready to take a stab at another wearable segment, less than a year after introducing its first smart ring. A Shenzhen-based research company, Wellsen XR, shared in an investor note about Samsung’s plans to launch smart glasses that could arrive late next year, or early in 2026.
Recommended Videos Interestingly, Samsung is not chasing something too ambitious, or innovative in terms of the tech stack. Instead, the company is taking the safe route and eyeing the same formula as the runaway success that was the Meta Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, down to the core internal hardware.
The smart glasses are said to draw power from a 155 mAh battery and tip the scales at 50 grams. As far as capabilities go, the front camera sensor will come in handy for code scanning, gesture recognition, and more, aside from the usual photo and video capture duties. Specifically, the Korean electronics giant will put Google’s Gemini AI at the heart of its smart glasses. That partnership isn’t surprising, since Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones were also among the first to introduce native Gemini-powered features as part of its Galaxy AI bundle.