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نظارات سامسونج الذكية تتأخر لمنتصف ديسمبر — وتنزل في كوريا وأمريكا فقط، والباقي ٢٠٢٧

Samsung’s smart glasses slip to mid-December, and launch in Korea and the US only; everyone else waits for 2027

by Slorks 2026-11-01 0 0 replies
Machine-translated — the Arabic text is the original
نظارات سامسونج الذكية تتأخر لمنتصف ديسمبر — وتنزل في كوريا وأمريكا فقط، والباقي ٢٠٢٧الصورة: Samsung عبر GSMArena

If you were waiting for Samsung's glasses this month, wait a little longer. A report from Korea's Chosun Biz (carried by GSMArena and SamMobile) says Samsung Intelligent Eyewear goes on sale in mid-December instead of the November an earlier report mentioned, and that initial sales are limited to South Korea and the US. Europe, China and Japan, and by implication the Gulf, wait for 2027. Samsung has not confirmed any of this.

Samsung smart glasses
The glasses in Gentle Monster and Warby Parker designs — Photo: Samsung via GSMArena

What is in them?

TypeSmart glasses without a display: camera, microphones, speakers
SoftwareAndroid XR with Gemini; works as an extension of a Galaxy phone
ChipsetSnapdragon AR1 Gen 1
BatteryUp to 9 hours per charge (Samsung's promise)
UsesLive translation, voice directions, photographing documents and meetings that file automatically into Samsung Notes
Designs4 styles with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker
ReleaseMid-December 2026, Korea and US only (report); other markets in 2027
PriceNot set; Samsung has previously said it would be «reasonable»

Why it matters

Samsung is repeating the Galaxy XR playbook: the headset launched in Korea and the US in October 2025 and only reached the UK in July 2026. So do not expect the glasses in the UAE or Saudi Arabia before the second half of 2027 unless the plan changes. Anyone who wants smart glasses in the Gulf today realistically has Ray-Ban Meta, which is sold here, or a personal import with no local warranty.

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My take

A few weeks of delay is nothing, but limiting a product whose headline feature is live translation to two markets is an odd call. The Gulf in particular, multilingual and a strong Galaxy market, should have been in the first wave. Samsung is testing demand carefully after the headset numbers, which is understandable, but Meta will be three generations of glasses ahead before Samsung's first pair reaches a shelf in Dubai.

Sources: GSMArena · SamMobile

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