New reports suggest Samsung’s first-ever smart glasses might be around the corner.
Everyone wants a piece of the smart glasses pie. With Meta plowing full steam ahead, releasing three new pairs of smart glasses in one go at its Connect conference this year (including the Ray-Ban Display with a screen), other big-name competitors are following suit. Apple, for example, is reportedly attempting to expedite its first pair of smart glasses by diverting resources from the Vision Pro team. To give you a sense of how urgent that pivot is, Apple is reportedly de-prioritizing the development of a cheaper and lighter version that people might actually, ya know, buy, to pursue said smart glasses.
Now, it looks like another smartphone titan is being swept up in that push, and the result could be Samsung-made smart glasses on shelves sooner than you think. According to a report from the Financial News in South Korea, we could see “Project Haean,” Samsung’s rumored (Google-powered) AR glasses, as soon as early next year. It’s hard to say how much stock to put in that rumor without any official timeline from Samsung, but if you’ll allow me to speculate for a moment, it does feel very possible.
