GoKawiilOne of Samsung's smart glasses on display at its Galaxy Unpacked event in London on July 22, 2026.
Samsung on Wednesday detailed the features of its upcoming smart glasses, including gesture controls, as it looks to mount its first challenge to Meta in the device category.
The South Korean tech giant had previously unveiled the "intelligent eyewear" at Google I/O conference in May, showing off two products designed with its partners Gentle Monster and Warby Parker . At the time, Samsung gave very few details about the design and functionality.
At Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, the company said the glasses have a built-in camera, as CNBC first reported earlier this year. The camera can capture content that the user is seeing such as taking a video. It can also read content on a whiteboard or presentation and organize the key information into notes.
The device can summarize long messages that a person receives on their smartphone. This can be heard from the built-in speakers in the glasses.
Samsung's glasses are equipped with Qualcomm 's Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 chip and must be tethered to a smartphone. The device also has a portable charging case.
James Choi, executive vice president at Samsung and the head of the research and development division behind the glasses, said the company is testing gesture controls with its smartwatches.
That would mean a person wearing a Samsung smartwatch could make a specific gesture with their hand, which could carry out a feature on the device. Users could also potentially carry out gestures with Samsung's Galaxy Ring device, which it launched in 2024, Choi said.
When the device launches this Fall, there will be "more designs" and colors beyond what Samsung has shown off so far, Choi told CNBC.