Samsung just quietly teased its Galaxy Glasses – and almost no one noticed

It is well-known that Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm are becoming a member of forces to launch wearable gadgets powered by Android XR. In any case, the three corporations have been talking about it for two and a half years and so they’ve made it clear that Project Moohan — their XR headset to compete with Apple Vision Pro — will launch earlier than the tip of 2025. 

However there’s one other product that they have been engaged on, however not speaking about as a lot — solely dropping just a few hints and winks right here and there. 

They usually simply dropped one other huge tease.

I am speaking about AI good glasses — the audio-only form that may compete with Meta Ray-Bans. Korean information shops have mentioned they are going to be introduced at a September 29 Samsung Unpacked occasion in Korea, as ZDNET has reported. Google quietly talked about at its I/O occasion in Could that it was engaged on each “Headsets and Glasses” with Samsung. 

Additionally: Samsung ‘Galaxy Glasses’ powered by Android XR are reportedly on track to be unveiled this month

After which final Thursday, September 4, Samsung Govt Vice President Jay Kim ended the livestream of their Galaxy Event that introduced the S25 FE phone and the Galaxy Tab S11 Collection tablets by issuing a transparent nod to the brand new gadget prone to be known as Galaxy Glasses. 

“We’re main the best way in cell AI, however we’re nonetheless within the early levels,” mentioned Kim. “By collaborating with corporations that share our imaginative and prescient we’re creating completely new merchandise and reimagining what on a regular basis experiences will be.” 

Samsung had simply introduced that it was placing all of its Galaxy AI options into its $649 mid-range phone — and now not reserving the most effective AI options for premium smartphones. However “completely new merchandise” was a transparent pointer towards one thing not beforehand talked about.

Additionally: I tried the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, and it got big upgrades in several ways

After which Kim added, “We’re additionally working collectively to create a tool that understands context and helps you seamlessly within the background, enhancing your on a regular basis life. We won’t wait to share extra thrilling information with you as our journey continues. So keep tuned.”

That doesn’t sound like a telephone, or an XR headset. A tool that understands your context could be one which’s with you on a regular basis and certain has cameras and microphones. And one that’s seamlessly within the background could be with you many of the day and never essentially be consistently demanding your consideration. That sounds quite a bit like a pair of good glasses.

Kim ended by saying, “I am comfortable to share that Galaxy AI is already on over 200 million gadgets world wide… and we count on to double that this 12 months.”

Attending to 400 million gadgets with Galaxy AI is actually closely depending on promoting much more of these mid-range $649 telephones, however Kim additionally mentioned thst proper after mentioning the launch of latest merchandise and new experiences — clearly connecting that with doubling the variety of offered gadgets. That places all eyes on that September 29 occasion, which hasn’t been formally introduced but. 

Additionally: 5 Meta Ray-Ban upgrades that have me excited for September 17

Once we take into consideration a product that might lock horns with Meta Ray-Bans, it isn’t very onerous to see the place Samsung — with an help from Google — might produce a really aggressive product. Samsung has a variety of experience in miniaturizing expertise within the ways in which’s desperately wanted in good glasses. And one of many largest weaknesses of the Meta Ray-Bans is the truth that their AI is powered by Meta’s restricted Llama AI fashions. A pair of good glasses powered by Google Gemini is prone to be much more helpful. And it is wanting increasingly doubtless that the product could possibly be introduced later this month — though it is unclear when the product would really be that can be purchased.

ZDNET reached out to Samsung for remark and can replace this text as we study extra.