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Google and Samsung's First Android XR Glasses Open for Preorder, Starting at $395 From Warby Parker
The Intelligent Eyewear line puts Gemini, a 12-megapixel camera, open-ear speakers and a nine-hour battery into frames that weigh about 41 grams. Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are taking orders now, and the glasses go on sale December 10.
New York · Maya Chen, Gadgets · Nov 12 2026
NEW YORK - Google and Samsung on Thursday opened preorders for their first Android XR smart glasses, a line of Gemini-powered frames called Intelligent Eyewear that is designed and sold by the eyeglass brands Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Warby Parker’s frames start at $395, and the glasses go on sale in stores and online on December 10, Google said in its announcement.
The launch puts Google and Samsung in direct competition with Meta, which has built a lead in camera glasses with its Ray-Ban line. Samsung supplied the hardware engineering, Google supplied the software and Gemini, and the two eyewear brands handled the design. Samsung said the two collections add up to 30 designs.
Warby Parker’s collection has three styles, Alden, Reid and Wren, modeled on the company’s existing frames. Each comes as optical glasses or sunglasses in Pine, Saddle or Jet Black, with prescription, width and lens options. Customers can book a guided demo at more than 360 Warby Parker stores, according to Google.
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Gentle Monster, the South Korean eyewear label, offers six bolder designs in colors including dark red, pink, gray and yellow, with tinted, clear, blue or brown lenses. Its frames run from $449 to $489 depending on the model, according to Samsung’s announcement, and that collection will be sold in the United States and South Korea.
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Inside the frames is a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip, 2 gigabytes of memory and 64 gigabytes of storage. A 12-megapixel camera takes 3,024 by 4,032 portrait photos and records video at up to 3K and 30 frames per second, with HDR video up to 2K. Two open-ear speakers and four microphones handle calls, music and voice commands. Samsung rates the battery at up to nine hours, or up to 72 hours with a charged case. The glasses are rated IPX4 for splash resistance and support Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4.
Samsung puts the weight at about 41 grams, with Warby Parker’s frames ranging from 40.4 to 42.6 grams before prescription lenses. To keep them light, the glasses hand part of their processing to the connected phone.
Wearers say “Hey Gemini” or tap the frame to ask about what they are looking at, such as a landmark, a poster or a shelf of books. Google Maps gives turn-by-turn directions through the speakers, and Google Translate offers real-time speech translation across more than 70 languages. A feature called Guided Vision gives spoken descriptions of the surroundings for people who are blind or have low vision. There is no display in the lenses, as early hands-on reports noted, so Gemini answers by voice.
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Phone support is narrow at launch. The glasses work with Pixel 7 and newer Pixel phones, Samsung Galaxy S, S FE, Z Fold, Z Flip and Fold Ultra models running One UI 9.0 or later, and the iPhone 13 Pro and newer. Use requires an adult Google account from the United States or South Korea.
Both companies leaned on privacy features. A light on the front shows when the camera is recording, and the glasses stop recording if that light is covered. Google said the glasses are designed to redact bystanders’ faces before Gemini processes what the camera sees, and that those images are not used to train its models or target ads. Every pair has an off switch, Google said, and Samsung said a wear sensor turns the camera off when the glasses are removed.
Preorders are open online and in Warby Parker and Gentle Monster stores. Samsung said hands-on demos will also be offered at select Samsung retail locations from December 10.
Warby Parker announced the preorders on X on Thursday.
Screenshot: @WarbyParker on X