{"id":951213,"date":"2026-11-03T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951213\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:36:40","slug":"heres-when-samsungs-first-android-xr-glasses-could-arrive-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951213\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s when Samsung\u2019s first Android XR glasses could arrive in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Xj\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"samsung warby parker\"  alt=\"The Samsung smart glasses designed by Warby Parker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/samsung-warby-parker-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andy Boxall \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Add Android Authority on Google: <\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s first pair of smart glasses with Android XR are expected to be available in the US by mid-December.<br \/>\nThe smart glasses could initially be limited to select regions, including South Korea and the US, though they might expand to more markets next year.<br \/>\nPrevious reports indicate that Samsung could launch these glasses around the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Korean business publication <a href=\"https:\/\/biz.chosun.com\/it-science\/ict\/2026\/10\/30\/SOVGN3EDPVFKXCCGBIL6B7RQHM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chosun Biz<\/a>, the first pair of Samsung smart glasses with Android XR will be available starting mid-December, right in time for the Christmas gifting season. The smart glasses will first be available in Korea and the US, after which Samsung will evaluate launches for other regions. The report iterates that Samsung and Google have zeroed in on the name \u201cIntelligent Eyewear\u201d for the upcoming lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet adds that the Intelligent Eyewear lineup will initially skip other key markets for Samsung, including China, Japan, and Europe. However, it could expand to these markets in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Although Samsung and Google have already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-google-android-xr-glasses-warby-parker-gentle-monster-google-io-2026-3668380\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">teased multiple designs for these glasses<\/a>\u00a0on several occasions, an extensive leak last month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-android-xr-smart-glasses-specs-colors-leak-3722498\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">revealed all the designs<\/a> available at launch.\u00a0The leak also suggested these smart glasses would be lighter than Meta\u2019s Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, giving Samsung something to boast about.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Xj\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Screenshot 2026 10 13 at 3.30.31\u202fPM\"  alt=\"Samsung smart glasses Android XR Warby Parker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-10-13-at-3.30.31-PM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s first crop of smart glasses is also expected to lack an in-lens display and include multiple microphones and a camera that will observe and analyze the surroundings using Gemini. The glasses run on Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon AR1 chip and will likely support 3K video recording.<\/p>\n<p>While Samsung\u2019s first Galaxy XR mixed reality headset launched last year at $1,800, these glasses will likely cost much less. We\u2019re still unsure of the final price, but expect it to be around or slightly less than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/meta-glasses-ray-ban-meta-gen-3-launched-3714910\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta\u2019s third-gen Ray-Ban glasses<\/a>, which start at $449.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Boxall \/ Android Authority Add Android Authority on Google: TL;DR Samsung\u2019s first pair of smart glasses with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[93684,64,63,113,1047,1774,105],"class_list":["post-951213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-android-xr","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-google","tag-samsung","tag-smart-glasses","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}