Meta glasses are facing a backlash, but how will Samsung and Google’s glasses work to counter that? Here’s what we know about them already.
0:28 What we know about Samsung and Google’s Intelligent Eyewear
1:03 How smart glasses and smart watches will work together
1:21 What we know about Samsung smart glasses specs
1:49 Samsung smart glasses pricing
2:11 Battery life for Samsung smart glasses
2:45 How will Samsung smart glasses handle privacy?
3:29 How will AI work with Samsung smart glasses?
3:45 What’s coming next?
Credits
Host: Scott Stein
Editor: Carly Marsh
Videography: Celso Bulgatti, Numi Prasarn
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@SomeJohndoe
July 29, 2026 at 8:47 am
No display(s) is so baffling especially from Samsung and Google considering they already have established ecosystems
@OneManOnFire
July 29, 2026 at 12:13 pm
The rumor is Meta will come out with a dual display glasses and will announce it in September
@gokou06
July 29, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Because it is first gen. They will sell one with display in future generations.
@domlarry
July 29, 2026 at 9:10 am
Nothing beats Apples ski goggles 🥽😂
@AquaTechFantasy
July 29, 2026 at 9:20 am
Zero display was wack . I get first gen but they was talking like they about to be better than the displays. Normal glasses have audio now . I like the battery life but nawhh. Meta displays for the win sadly .. until Samsung and Google drop displays
@MACS0462
July 29, 2026 at 9:37 am
Are they compatible with iOS?
@laborspy
July 29, 2026 at 9:38 am
coool … more pervert glasses
@937553
July 29, 2026 at 9:52 am
Too expensive for tech that will be outdated. The Snap specs quickly became garbage
@Royce16727
July 29, 2026 at 9:59 am
I’m blind, and I think I could really benefit from a good pair of AI enabled smart glasses, but I’m willing to wait to see what everyone else is going to come out with in the fall before I just go with The Meta glasses. Or maybe with the Echo Vision Pioneer glasses from a “blind focused” company called Agiga.
@moviestars6720
July 29, 2026 at 10:07 am
I want a smart glass that doesn’t have a camera but a display. Glasses without a display are not smart glasses, they are just glasses with camera.
@OneManOnFire
July 29, 2026 at 12:12 pm
Those currently exists and you buy them right now. No camera with a display
@ElAteoMexicano
July 29, 2026 at 1:46 pm
Depends on what you want to get out of them but I would say for maximum functionality you want cameras displays over the ear speakers and microphones.
@SlayerEddyTV
July 29, 2026 at 10:17 am
No displays. End of watching video.
@NYCUptown1972
July 29, 2026 at 10:30 am
In a connected surveillance world that we live in there is no privacy except in a bathroom or maybe inside your home. First thing people do if something happens is pull out the phone and start recording. So why are you crying about privacy.
@jupiterkansas
July 29, 2026 at 2:05 pm
It’s just because it’s new. Once it becomes commonplace and everyone’s doing it, people will just accept it and move on just like they do with surveillance cameras and phones.
@urbanstrencan
July 29, 2026 at 10:50 am
Can’t wait to see what Samsung brings to the smart glasses world
@Kayniq3
July 29, 2026 at 11:00 am
So everyone will be wearing glasses now
@MyYoutubesChannel
July 29, 2026 at 11:23 am
Wearing cameras on your face all day is so stupid.
@alsjogren7890
July 29, 2026 at 11:27 am
Language Translation on a visit to another country??
@leonnewhall7088
July 29, 2026 at 11:34 am
This whole stupid thing about being recorded is freaking ridiculous we all have cell phones we can record anyone we want when we want and no one says anything about a cover on a cell phone
@rarestparrot547
July 29, 2026 at 2:05 pm
I’m pretty sure it’s about people not being aware that they are being recorded, even with the light. Some people find ways to hide the light, but maybe they have fixed that already. Anyways it’s easier to tell someone is recording you when they are pointing their phone at you but if you don’t notice the light on their glasses, it may go unnoticed.
@CometoJesus_2026
July 29, 2026 at 4:48 pm
@rarestparrot547 hey duck brain. You’re always being recorded
@barrsm
July 29, 2026 at 11:38 am
Scott, at Google I/O it was said that these glasses would work with iOS. Any details on that? Will they just work as well as Meta’s glasses or is there deeper integration?
@jobutl
July 29, 2026 at 12:58 pm
Some kind of flip down privacy cover for the camera is a must-have if I’m ever going to feel comfortable owning or being near smart glasses. Are you listening Apple?
@SirCamWA
July 29, 2026 at 1:16 pm
Ban them all, massive privacy concern with the camera- not just for others but for the user themselves.
@BobbyMcGee_2023
July 29, 2026 at 1:48 pm
No display = no sale.
Really odd decision by Samsung to omit a display.
@pabloescobar1225
July 29, 2026 at 5:07 pm
I really hope they add accessibility options for the low vision people as that would be a major step forward while using AI.
@QuincyGadgets
July 29, 2026 at 5:25 pm
Meta has the advantage in design and real-world adoption, but Google’s AI and Samsung’s hardware could be a powerful combination.
@AndreiBelski-fs6ot
July 29, 2026 at 5:55 pm
Why are they so stubborn to understand that it’s mostly gimmick
@AndreiBelski-fs6ot
July 29, 2026 at 6:02 pm
Please someone tell them I don’t want to wear a phone on my eyes all the time or looking from some mixed reality headset at world.
Also bending or fluxing my phone is not the best idea, I just want take it out of the pocket without any folding or flexing . Thanks
@BigORider
July 29, 2026 at 7:29 pm
The only glasses I need to enrich my life can create subtitles because hearing aids are not good for tinnitus and hearing loss only in the vocal range😢
@benji0boi92
July 29, 2026 at 8:18 pm
Maybe the Microsoft Hololens set my expectations too high. This product genuinely feels boring to me.