Samsung’s AI glasses confirmed for a November launch

Samsung’s first AI glasses are now a step closer to reaching store shelves. According to The Korea Herald, a Samsung official has confirmed the company plans to launch its Intelligent Eyewear in November, though pricing remains unannounced.

Digital Trends first saw the glasses at Google I/O in May, where Google showcased the Android XR platform alongside its work with Samsung, Qualcomm, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker. Samsung later offered a much closer look at the hardware during Galaxy Unpacked in July, but until now the company had only committed to a fall release window.

Samsung is following Meta’s display-less formula

The first model skips a built-in display entirely. Cameras and microphones capture what’s happening around the wearer, while Gemini handles the AI processing through a connected Galaxy phone, with responses delivered through speakers built into the frame.

Gemini can answer questions about what the wearer is looking at, provide navigation help, translate conversations, summarize messages, and assist with calls. Samsung has also shown off Gentle Monster and Warby Parker frame designs. Weight is another part of Samsung’s pitch: the company has called the glasses lighter than most AI eyewear on the market, and Korean reports suggest they could undercut the 51-gram base Ray-Ban Meta model by up to 5 grams.

The camera brings an obvious privacy problem

Camera-equipped smart glasses continue to make people uncomfortable. An iPhone app built to warn users when smart glasses may be nearby climbed to No. 3 on the U.S. paid App Store chart earlier this year, and a YouGov survey found that 54% of Americans consider filming and sharing strangers in public without consent usually or always unacceptable.

Even Meta has started exploring what AI glasses look like without a camera, recently introducing the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, which drops the camera entirely while keeping features like audio, calls, and AI assistance.

Samsung, by contrast, is keeping the camera and trying to address the privacy concerns with built-in safeguards. An external LED indicates when recording is active, and the camera can shut down if that light is obscured. Wear detection can also disable the camera once the glasses are removed. Meta has already adopted similar protections after people found ways to tamper with the recording light on its own camera-equipped glasses, while Apple has reportedly spent extra time refining its smart glasses partly out of similar privacy concerns.