Samsung's Gemini glasses take on Meta Ray-Ban with 9-hour battery and no display
Samsung is officially entering the smart glasses market tomorrow, July 22, when it unveils Samsung Eyewear at Galaxy Unpacked in London. Insider Roland Quandt of WinFuture published the key specs ahead of the event. The glasses run Google's Android XR operating system, use Gemini for AI features, and are built around a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip.
The hardware
Samsung keeps the design entirely display-free. Instead of a heads-up overlay, two cameras sit at the edges of the frame — they feed visual data to Gemini in real time. The AI assistant can read a whiteboard at a meeting, for example, and save the contents directly to Samsung Notes on your phone. You control it with voice commands or touch sensors on the temples. Weight comes in at around 50 grams — lighter than competing display-equipped glasses.
The frame designs come from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, two names that should prevent the usual "gadget strapped to your face" look. The goal is glasses you'd wear daily without signaling that you're recording everything around you — which, of course, you are.
Samsung Eyewear features dual cameras on the frame edges and no built-in display — Gemini processes what the cameras see via your paired smartphone.
Battery and competition
Battery life is claimed at nine hours on a single charge. The charging case adds seven full recharge cycles before it needs plugging in itself. That puts Samsung ahead of the Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2, which tops out at eight hours — a marginal but real advantage. Meta currently holds roughly 82% of the smart glasses market, per Korea Times, so Samsung needs every edge it can get.
The dual-camera setup gives Gemini more visual context than Meta Ray-Ban's single lens. The trade-off: processing runs on your paired smartphone, not on the glasses themselves, so they won't work as a standalone device.
Price and availability
Pricing hasn't been confirmed. Market estimates place Samsung Eyewear somewhere in the $379–$499 range, with ~$400 cited most often. UK pricing and retail partners — John Lewis, Currys, and Selfridges have been floated — remain unconfirmed. A fall 2026 launch window is expected, meaning today's reveal is a preview, not a sale.
Privacy questions will follow this product everywhere. Continuous recording of your point of view for AI note-taking raises data-minimization questions that regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are likely to pursue. Samsung hasn't yet detailed how that footage is stored, for how long, or who can access it.
Galaxy Unpacked starts at 3 p.m. CEST (2 p.m. BST / 9 a.m. ET) on July 22.