"They are AI-powered smart glasses designed to give people who are blind or low-vision hands-free access to information," a spokesperson told Newsweek.

As a major emerging sub-sector, AI glasses now dominate the smart glasses market, with shipments of AI-powered models surging to 78 percent of total sales in the first half — a sharp rise from just 46 percent a year earlier and from 66 percent in the latter half of 2024, according to data from research company Counterpoint.

It is better to be fashionably late than horribly early. Just ask the tech bros. Google and Snap both scrapped early efforts on smart glasses more than a decade ago, the latter subsequently writing off $40mn of excess inventory in the process.

They may not have any brand-name logos on the side, but they do have ChatGPT integrated and 1080p recording—you know, the stuff that matters.

Smart glasses shipments in China are expected to hit 2.9 million units in 2025. New AI-driven features, lower prices, and competition from Xiaomi, Huawei, and other players are hyping things up.

Samsung’s much-rumored smart glasses will enter the market in 2026 according to a new report, but the South Korean giant has just been beaten to market by a Taiwanese rival, HTC.

After witnessing explosive growth in 2022 and 2023, the smartwatch market in India is now consolidating, primarily due to saturation in the entry-level segment, a report showed on Monday. Despite declining volumes,