Google plans to launch smart glasses powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in 2026, after its previous high-profile attempt to enter the market ended in failure. The tech giant set expectations high in 2013 when it unveiled Google Glass, billed by some as the future of technology despite its odd appearance with a bulky screen positioned above the right eye. Google pulled the product in 2015 less than seven months after its UK release, but is now planning
Lenskart has now announced that it plans to offer its next-generation AI smart glasses, dubbed B by Lenskart, to developers in the country. Moreover, the company might also sell its upcoming wearables in other countries. Recently, the company revealed that its new line of wearables will be powered by Snapdragon chips. Now, the company has confirmed that the B by Lenskart smart glasses will be equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 SoC.
Remember the Apple Vision Pro? Remember? It was a big, ambitious swing from Tim Cook and Co. - a $3,500 headset that lets you experience "augmented reality" - or, if you follow Apple's demands for branding - " spatial computing." Apple first showed off the Vision Pro in the spring of 2023, and then started selling the device in February 2024, and since then ... you really haven't heard much about it.
The conference kicks off Wednesday, September 17, at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET, with a keynote speech from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to Meta, you can watch as Zuckerberg "shares the latest on AI glasses and lays out Meta's vision for artificial intelligence and the metaverse." Meta should be announcing AI-powered smart glasses, internally codenamed Hypernova, CNBC reports. The glasses are rumored to retail for $800 and have speakers, microphones, and a camera.
Samsung is set to unveil three new devices -- a tri-fold smartphone, its Project Moohan XR headset, and a pair of AI smart glasses -- at an Unpacked event on September 29 in South Korea, according to multiple sources in the Korean media (such as and ). The tri-fold phone isn't a surprise since Samsung has been talking about it all year and ZDNET captured some video at Mobile World Congress in March 2025 .
Interestingly, the Co-Founders of the startup, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are the same Harvard dropouts who developed the I-Xray app and integrated it with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The app went viral because of a demo posted by Nguyen, where he highlighted how the smart glasses technology can be used to doxx (the act of revealing personal information about someone without their consent) people.
