Pre-orders for Samsung's first Android XR smart glasses will open on Thursday, 12 November, with the first deliveries expected in mid-December, Warby Parker has confirmed.

The date was announced by Warby Parker co-founder and co-chief executive Dave Gilboa during the company's third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, 5 November. It is the first firm date put on the product, which Samsung, Google and their eyewear partners have been teasing for more than a year.

What goes on sale on 12 November

Warby Parker will unveil its full Intelligent Eyewear collection on the same day pre-orders open, including pricing, frame styles, colours, lens options and prescription choices. The company has not yet said how much the glasses will cost, and Samsung and Google have not announced a price either.

The Warby Parker collection launches with three frame shapes, Alden, Reid and Wren, in black, brown and green. In-store demonstrations begin this week at 65 Warby Parker shops in the United States, expanding to more than 360 locations the following week, so customers can try the glasses before ordering.

How the glasses work

The glasses run on Google's Android XR platform, with Gemini as the built-in AI assistant. They use Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip, the same processor that powers Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and include a built-in camera that feeds visual context to Gemini, touch interaction on the frame, and up to nine hours of use on a charge.

Unlike a headset, the glasses have no visual display. They look like ordinary eyewear and are designed to answer questions, take photos, translate and handle everyday tasks through voice and touch, with the phone doing much of the heavier work.

A three-way partnership

The product is a joint effort. Samsung makes the hardware, Google supplies the Android XR software and Gemini, and Warby Parker and Gentle Monster design the frames. Gentle Monster has not yet confirmed a pre-order date for its own designs, and Samsung has not commented on the launch schedule, leaving the retail partner to carry the biggest date in the product's life so far.

Gilboa told investors that Warby Parker expects the glasses to add up to one percentage point to full-year revenue growth, and several points to fourth-quarter growth once deliveries begin in mid-December. He said the company believes glasses will be the next major computing form factor.

Reports suggest the glasses will initially launch in the United States and South Korea this year, with other markets following in 2027. Pre-order and delivery dates for other countries are expected to be announced on 12 November.