Samsung is preparing to make a serious foray into the next generation of wearables with two major products due to launch in 2026: Galaxy smart glasses and an AR headset. According to industry sources, the company has two separate projects in the works—one a display-less smart glasses design, and the other a full AR headset developed in partnership with Google.
The Samsung specs-free smart glasses will feature microphones, speakers, and cameras for listening to voices, recording videos, and using a live voice assistant. It forgoes a display, which would result in longer battery life, a lighter design, and a significantly slimmer profile than any on the market today. Samsung wants these Samsung smart glasses to be affordable and desirable as everyday smart wearables, and it could give users a socially acceptable and practical introduction to smart wearables.
In parallel with this Samsung that makes a high-end Samsung AR headset with micro-LED displays, the same superb panels that its use in Apple’ Vision Pro. The device will be positioned to compete against the likes of Meta’s Quest and Apple’s new AR headset. The software experience might be managed by Google, which might empower Samsung to provide the best of both worlds for a rich and capable AR ecosystem.
Samsung’s display-less glasses will in any case focus in the portion as of now peering toward by Apple’s supposed savvy glasses, alongside Meta’s Ray-Ban savvy eyewear. The built-in microphones will capture voice commands while also recording sound, while cameras will capture video and process it through AI to recognize objects. Simple in design, the Samsung smart glasses with practical smart functions in a simple manner will be a mass-market target.
Developed under the internal code name “Haean,” the Samsung smart glasses project is just one element of a larger play to establish a leadership position in the emerging wearables space. The smart glasses sector may increase from $25.35 billion in 2025 to more than $1.6 trillion by 2032, driven by the rise of AI, component miniaturization, and consumer acceptance, according to estimates.
Samsung has taken an aggressive strategy—bringing both display-less and AR models to stake claims for various segments—while Apple appears to be taking a slow and steady tack with custom silicon and closer coupling to the iPhone ecosystem. Both companies are predicted to launch their gadgets towards the end of 2026, and with this, they are both vying to go head to head in the wearables space.
FAQs
Samsung’s non-display smart glasses and AR headset purportedly coming late 2026.
These will feature microphones, speakers, cameras, Around which analysists sound recognition with AI recognition and voice commands enabled on video.*
Micro-LED displays on the AR headset provide immersive images, and the smart glasses will be without displays for extended running time and low weight.
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