Samsung to Unveil AI-Powered Smart Glasses This Year

Samsung is reportedly finalizing its AI-powered smart glasses, codenamed HAEAN, aiming for a launch by the end of the year. These glasses will feature advanced camera sensors and AI capabilities, leveraging Google’s Gemini assistant.

Samsung’s at it again, diving headfirst into the wearable tech pool. After stirring up excitement with its Project Moohan XR headset, the company’s now teasing us with AI-powered smart glasses, dubbed HAEAN behind the scenes. Word on the street? They’re polishing off the hardware and features, aiming to dazzle us by year’s end.

Imagine this: glasses that not only make you look smart but actually are smart, thanks to a 12-megapixel camera (courtesy of Sony’s IMX681 sensor). They’ll snap pics, sure, but also scan QR codes, recognize your frantic hand waves, and maybe even tell you apart from your doppelgänger. All this tech magic packed into a sleek 150-gram frame, with a 155 mAh battery keeping the lights on.

Under the hood, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 is doing the heavy lifting, with a little help from NXP’s sidekick chip. And here’s the kicker—Google’s Gemini assistant is onboard, ready to chat, fetch info, and basically be your AI bestie. Sounds familiar? Yeah, Meta’s Ray-Ban Stories pulled a similar stunt, and look how that turned out.

Samsung’s playing big, planning to roll out half a million units right out the gate. Rumor has it we might get our first peek at July’s Unpacked event. The burning question? How these glasses will shake up the Android XR scene. One thing’s for sure: the tech world’s watching, popcorn in hand.