Samsung and Google's smart glasses finally arrive this December

After a year of teasers, the Android XR eyewear debuts in the US and South Korea

Samsung and Google have officially detailed release timing, pricing, and availability for their joint smart glasses collection, developed in partnership with fashion brands Warby Parker and Gentle Monster.

Operating under the moniker 'Intelligent Eyewear', the display-free frames are available to pre-order now ahead of general availability on December 10th.

However, the initial launch footprint remains strictly regional: the collection will ship first to buyers in the US and South Korea—and neither Samsung nor Google has confirmed a launch timeline or release window for Europe, the UK, or broader global territories.

In the US, the Warby Parker Intelligent Eyewear lineup starts at $395, while the Gentle Monster collection spans between $449 and $489 across 30 total frame variations across optical and sunglass styles.

Building on the Unpacked preview

The announcement fulfills the promise made during Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in London in July—and Google's at I/O in May—where the manufacturer confirmed the hardware would arrive before the end of the year.

Rather than chasing complex optical augmented reality displays, Samsung and Google have adopted a design strategy similar to Meta’s Ray-Ban frames.

Weighing 40-44 g, the Android XR-powered glasses are designed for lightweight daily wear and broader device integration, offloading processing to a connected smartphone through a split-computing architecture on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 platform.

While built natively for Android, the frames also offer Made for iPhone certification via a dedicated iOS companion app.

The hardware is slated to deliver up to nine hours of continuous battery life on a single charge, with an included protective charging case providing up to seven additional full charges.

Hands-free Gemini AI and built-in privacy controls

At the center of the experience is—as you would expect—Google’s Gemini assistant, which pairs with a 12MP ultra-wide front-facing camera to analyze what the user is seeing in real time.

Wearers can ask Gemini for real-time translation of physical text like menus, request turn-by-turn walking directions via Google Maps, capture meeting notes to send straight to Samsung Notes, or ask contextual follow-up questions about their surroundings.

A four-microphone array and dual open-ear speakers handle audio interaction and are designed to limit sound leakage.

To help address privacy scrutiny around camera-equipped wearables, the frames also include a physical on/off switch and an external blinking white LED that lights up whenever the camera captures photos or video.

Android XR runs automated hardware checks to disable recording if the LED is covered. And, to protect bystanders, Gemini Live conversation processing automatically redacts faces and filters out surrounding voices before returning answers—and Google has confirmed that it does not use visual query data for ad targeting or AI model training.

We've had our eyes on these for a while, first spying them on display at Galaxy Unpacked over the summer (as shown above). And while we haven't had a chance to test them yet, stay tuned for our full impressions coming soon.