Report reveals how you could control Samsung's upcoming AI glasses

Google has published design guidelines for brands that plan to make Android XR-based smart glasses. It has also advised best practices for designing the UI and apps for such glasses.

Samsung has already announced that it is working with fashion brands to develop AI glasses, a term Google uses for smart glasses powered by Android XR. Now, Google’s design documentation for AI glasses offers an early look (via 9To5Google) at how users could potentially control Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Glasses.

Android XR currently supports two types of smart glasses: AI Glasses and Display AI Glasses. AI Glasses include microphones, speakers, and a camera. Display AI Glasses add an augmented reality heads-up display, which can be monocular or binocular, along with microphones, speakers, and a camera. Samsung could launch AI Glasses later this year and Display A I Glasses in 2027.

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All models feature a camera button, a power button, and a touchpad. Versions with a display also include an additional touchpad on the temple to control on-screen interface elements.

Camera button: Pressing the camera button twice launches the camera, and pressing it once captures an image. Pressing and holding the button after launching the camera starts video recording, while pressing it once again stops recording.

LED lights: Two LED indicators are present. One provides visual feedback for the wearer, and the other signals to people nearby that recording is in progress when the camera is in use.

Primary Touchpad: A single tap plays or pauses media or confirms an action. Touching and holding the touchpad summons Google’s Gemini assistant. Swiping adjusts volume.

Secondary Touchpad: It can be used to scroll through on-screen content. On display-equipped models, the touchpad can also move focus or select interface elements, while swiping downward returns to the previous screen. A two-finger swipe changes the volume.

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Google has also published user interface design guidelines for developers building apps for Display AI Glasses. Because different colors can vary in power consumption and heat generation on AR displays, developers are encouraged to choose colors and fills carefully. The guidelines also define recommended shapes for icons and interface components such as buttons, cards, lists, stacks, and title chips.

At the bottom of the interface is an always-visible System Bar that displays alerts, quick-access chips, the Gemini assistant, notifications, time, and weather. Above it sits glanceable information that requires no input, along with suggested actions and multitasking controls.

Notifications typically appear as compact, pill-shaped chips that expand when selected. You can then take a quick action, such as replying to a message.

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S23 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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