Samsung introduces AR glasses in Galaxy Unpacked

If 2025 is the year of agentic AI, it is also the age of smart glasses. Samsung has both, or at least will later this year. In a surprise twist at its annual Galaxy Unpacked conference, Samsung dropped the first mention of its upcoming smart glasses. He just won’t have anything real to share until later this year.

During its Galaxy Unpacked 2025 conference, Samsung took about five minutes to talk about its Android XR initiatives. They then showed an image of their phones, foldables, upcoming AR headsets, and a pair of glasses. The company stopped short of saying exactly what those glasses were, but Samsung’s head of customer experience, Jay Kim, said the company will have more to share 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 new AI assistant capabilities, similar to the new Korean technology giant. Galaxy S25 phones. Glasses should incorporate the same cross-app “agent” capabilities as headsets and phones. Users will be able to talk to their glasses, ask them to check texts or emails, and then add those messages to their calendars.

The current king of the ring in smart glasses are the Ray-Bans Meta, thanks to its sporty look and its easy photo and shooting capabilities. However, its onboard AI functions are much less capable. They may struggle to identify objects correctly and confidently lie about what they see.

This last one CES was packed with new AR glassessome with camera and augmented reality capabilities. Despite the massive number of companies that promote different styles and capabilities of wearable screens, few have managed to see the capabilities of the software that you want to wear every day. Real AR glasses would need to offer functions that our phones can already do, but with a more intuitive, hands-free design.

Project Moohan already shows the possibilities of having Google Maps directly on your face. With high-quality eye and hand tracking, wearables could be the next step from phones. However, the difficulty with these devices is packing enough processing power untethered to each device. Moohan also includes VR and mixed reality features, such as YouTube 3D experiences.

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