Samsung Android XR Glasses: Release Date, Price, Specs, and Everything We Know

Last updated: November 5, 2026

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Samsung's first Android XR glasses, which Samsung and Google call Intelligent Eyewear, are display-free audio and camera glasses built with Google and sold in frames from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Warby Parker says preorders for its collection open on November 12, 2026, with delivery during the holiday season, and ChosunBiz reports that sales start in mid-December in South Korea and the US. No price has been announced. The glasses run Gemini on a Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 and pair with both Android phones and iPhones. This page covers the release date, price, confirmed specs, how they compare with Ray-Ban Meta, and every development we have tracked.

Where to get itSamsung Intelligent EyewearNot announcedWarby Parker says preorders for its collection open November 12, with delivery during the holiday season. Gentle Monster takes email sign-ups. No price yet.Warby Parker Intelligent Eyewear→Gentle Monster Intelligent EyewearWant a headset now? See today's VR deals

Official brand pages only. We will switch the button to the preorder page the day it opens and add the price when either brand publishes one.

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Release date: preorders November 12, deliveries reported for mid-December

The first firm date came from an optician rather than from Samsung. Warby Parker's third-quarter release, filed with the SEC on November 5, quotes co-CEO Dave Gilboa: "One week from today, on November 12, we'll begin accepting pre-orders for our first Intelligent Eyewear collection and look forward to delivering customer orders during the holiday season." It covers Warby Parker's collection only, and names no price, countries or ship date. Our report on the filing has the detail.

The window narrowed in steps. Google's I/O post on May 19 said audio glasses were "launching first, coming later this fall," and Samsung said the next day they were "scheduled to launch this fall in select markets." On October 1 The Korea Herald reported that a Samsung official had confirmed a November launch, and on October 30 ChosunBiz reported that Samsung had settled on mid-December, selling first in South Korea and the US, with Europe, China and Japan not in the first wave. Samsung has not published a date of its own, and Gentle Monster has not announced preorders for its frames. We will add the confirmed date to the release dates tracker as soon as either company gives one.

Price: not announced

Nobody who will sell these glasses has named a price. Not Samsung, not Google, and not either eyewear brand. Figures that circulate online, usually somewhere between $300 and $500, trace back to leaks and aggregator sites rather than to an announcement, so treat them as guesses. November 12 is the likeliest day for a real number. For context, the glasses they will be shopped against are Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) at $449, the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio at $349, and HTC's Vive Eagle at $499.

Confirmed specs

Samsung's Unpacked release is the source for the chip, the camera and the battery: "up to nine hours on a single charge with up to seven additional full charges from the charging case." Google's I/O post supplies the speakers, the controls and the line that matters most for buyers outside Samsung's ecosystem: "Glasses pair with both Android and iOS phones." The FCC grants for IDs A3LSMO200P and A3LSMO200J, both dated September 27, cover eleven frame models with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi including the 6 GHz band, as we reported on October 1. Weight, camera resolution and microphone count circulate from leaks only, so they stay off this table until Samsung or a retailer publishes them.

What they do

These are glasses you talk to. Google's list covers asking Gemini about what is in front of you, getting directions, sending texts, hearing summaries of missed messages, playing music, and taking photos with the built-in camera, plus real-time translation of speech and writing. Samsung's release adds Galaxy-specific touches such as live visual sharing and capturing a whiteboard or meeting into Samsung Notes, and says gesture interactions come only through a Galaxy Watch9. Our look at how Google Translate's listening area works shows where the translation feature is heading.

Google's consumer Android XR page still says only that "the first collections of audio glasses will be launching this fall," which is as precise as Google itself has been.

How they compare with Ray-Ban Meta and Vive Eagle

On paper Samsung's glasses line up most closely with Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3): camera and speakers, no display, an AI assistant, and the same nine-hour battery claim. The differences that will decide it are the price nobody has announced, the frames, and the assistant, since Gemini on Android XR is the bet Google is making for the whole category. Our AR glasses guide ranks everything you can buy today.

For developers

Google Play now accepts apps for audio glasses through the ordinary phone release track, with a "Differentiated for Glasses" badge for apps that implement a projected activity, which we broke down on November 2. The quality guidelines also fix the recording-light rules: apps "must not change, dim, or disable the system-enforced world-facing LED," and the device's detection is "designed to programmatically stop recording if the world-facing LED is physically covered or damaged." With UK ministers now looking at restricting smart glasses, that rule is likely to be quoted well beyond developer circles.

What comes next: display glasses

Google splits its eyewear into two types: audio glasses, which launch first, and display glasses, which come later. 9to5Google reported at I/O that Google said the display versions arrive in 2027; Google's own post does not give a year. If you want an Android XR device with a screen now, the options are glasses tethered to a puck, like XREAL AURA, which opened orders on October 28 and is due to start shipping in mid-November, or Samsung's Galaxy XR headset.

Every Samsung Intelligent Eyewear development, dated

Where to get itSamsung Intelligent EyewearNot announcedWarby Parker says preorders for its collection open November 12, with delivery during the holiday season. Gentle Monster takes email sign-ups. No price yet.Warby Parker Intelligent Eyewear→Gentle Monster Intelligent EyewearWant a headset now? See today's VR deals

Official brand pages only. We will switch the button to the preorder page the day it opens and add the price when either brand publishes one.

Image: Samsung