Samsung could launch its first Android XR-based glasses with a color display towards the end of 2027. The new information concerns a future generation of the company’s smart glasses, while for the moment we are still awaiting the debut of the first Android XR model, which should adopt a different approach and not integrate any display.
Samsung reportedly requested new microdisplays intended for future smart glasses equipped with a color screen. Samsung Display is reportedly working on developing the necessary format, with extremely small panels measuring around 0.2 inches or smaller. However, several aspects related to both the performance and the price of the technology still remain to be defined.
A final decision has not yet been made on the type of display configuration either. Samsung is in fact considering one monocular or binocular solution. Most of the early prototypes shown so far by Google and Samsung use a monocular design, with a single display positioned in front of one of the user’s eyes.
Samsung continues to work on Android XR
However, a possible binocular configuration could offer some advantages over the monocular one. In particular, the presence of two displays would allow for view content in three dimensions. At the moment, however, it is not clear which of the two solutions will be chosen for the final product and the development of the glasses seems to still be at a stage in which different possibilities are being evaluated.
Before these possible glasses with a color display, Samsung is still expected to present its first pair of Android XR glasses. This initial model will not have any screen and should offer a format more similar to that of the current Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, integrating a camera and open-ear headphones.
Samsung has already shown some designs developed in collaboration with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, but a precise launch window for these first Android XR glasses has not yet been confirmed. Their arrival will therefore precede the possible next generation equipped with display. The available information therefore suggests that Samsung is working in parallel on different types of smart glasses.
