Report: Samsung's first smart glasses are launching next year
The new report specifies that the design is similar to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses with built-in microphone, speakers and a camera. The glasses will reportedly come with an AI assistant allowing the user to make calls, send texts, capture content and control media playback.
Samsung is reportedly aiming to establish its name in the AI glasses market as it believes this product category will succeed smartphones as the next frontier in the consumer electronics gadget world.
Ray-Ban Meta glasses
This is not the first time we're hearing about Samsung's plans for AI glasses. A report from earlier this year suggests Samsung is working on two pairs of AI glasses called Project Haean and Project Jinju internally, and they are rumored to launch alongside the Project Moohan headset.
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