Samsung introduces AR glasses in Galaxy Unpacked

If 2025 is the year of agentive artificial intelligence, it’s also the age of smart glasses. Samsung has both, or at least will later this year. In a surprise move at its annual Galaxy Unpacked conference, Samsung dropped the first word about its upcoming smart glasses. There won’t be anything real to share until the end of this year.

During the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 conference, Samsung took about five minutes to talk about its Android XR initiatives. They then showed an image of his phones, foldable devices, an upcoming AR headset and a pair of glasses. The company stopped short of saying exactly what the glasses are, but Jay Kim, Samsung’s head of customer experience, said the company will share more later this year.

These are not the same as Samsung”Project Moohan,” developed with Google to run the new Android XR OS. The glasses will include Google Gemini and the Korean tech giant’s new AI assistant capabilities. Galaxy S25 phones. Glasses should incorporate the same “agent” cross-software capabilities as headsets and phones. Users should be able to talk to their glasses, ask them to check texts or emails, and then add those messages to their calendar.

They are the current kings of the ring in smart glasses Ray-Bans Meta, thanks to their sporty appearance and easy-to-use photo and picture capabilities. However, they do have AI features less capable. They may struggle to correctly identify objects and lie confidently about what they see.

This last one CES was full of new AR glassessome have both camera and augmented reality capabilities. Despite the plethora of companies promoting different styles and capabilities of wearable displays, few have been able to demonstrate the kind of software capabilities you’ll want to wear on a daily basis. True AR glasses should offer the functions our phones can already do, but with a more intuitive, silent design.

Project Moohan is already demonstrating the possibilities of having Google Maps right in your face. With high-quality eye and hand tracking, wearables could be the next step from phones. However, the challenge with these devices is packing enough processing power that isn’t tied to any device. Moohan also covers mixed reality features like VR and YouTube 3D experiences.

This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.