Samsung Electronics will release its first AI glasses, called Intelligent Eyewear, in November, The Korea Herald reported Thursday. The glasses have no display and use Google’s Gemini, running through a paired Galaxy smartphone, to answer questions about what the wearer sees and hears.

What Happened

A built-in camera and microphones capture the wearer’s surroundings, and the input is sent to Gemini via the connected phone. Answers come back as audio through speakers in the frame rather than on a lens. Samsung developed the device with Google for the AI and with eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for the frames.

Samsung is positioning the glasses as lighter than most rivals. According to The Korea Herald, it is targeting a weight up to 5 grams below the 51-gram base Ray-Ban Meta model, though final specifications have not been confirmed.

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For privacy, LEDs inside and outside the frame show when the camera is recording, and the camera shuts off if the outer indicator is covered. Samsung has not announced a price or which countries will get the glasses first. The report said a Korean launch date has not been set, while availability in other regions is expected.

Why It Matters

Meta dominates this part of the market. The Korea Herald put its share of display-free AI glasses at 94%, and said such models made up 96% of global AI glasses shipments in the first half of 2026, when total shipments rose 263% from a year earlier. A Samsung product backed by Gemini and sold alongside Galaxy phones is the first entry from a company with comparable hardware scale and its own phone ecosystem.

The phone-tethered design also shapes what the product can do. Offloading Gemini to the handset keeps the frame light. If the glasses work only with Galaxy phones, as the report describes the setup, Samsung’s natural market is its own phone customers rather than iPhone owners.

Meta has been broadening its own lineup. It added a camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio model weighing 43 grams on Sept. 23, alongside upgraded camera models, partly in response to privacy concerns about cameras worn in public.

Regulatory Pressure

Korean authorities are already paying attention. The Personal Information Protection Commission met Samsung in late July to discuss how the glasses alert people nearby when the camera and microphone are in use, the newspaper reported. In September, the Ministry of Science and ICT began drafting safety guidelines for the category. Samsung’s visible recording lights and automatic camera cutoff address the most common objection to camera glasses, but the guidelines could set additional requirements in its home market.

What to Watch

Price, launch countries and the final weight should be disclosed at or before the November release. The Korean guidelines are still in draft, and their final form could affect when and how the glasses go on sale in Korea. Sales against Ray-Ban Meta will show whether Gemini integration is enough to dent Meta’s share.