Warby Parker enters AI glasses with Google and Samsung

Warby Parker’s partners are Google and Samsung, according to The Business of Fashion. The competition is concentrated: the outlet puts Ray-Ban’s Meta glasses at 81.3 percent of AI glasses shipments for the first half of this year.

The Business of Fashion reports that global shipments in the first half of 2026 were more than twice the year-earlier total. Warby Parker expects the glasses to add several percentage points to its revenue growth in the fourth quarter, according to the outlet.

The glasses come with privacy limits. The Business of Fashion reports that Alphabet’s Google will exclude images captured by the glasses from AI training, and that the glasses will prohibit facial recognition of bystanders. A small white light on the front switches on automatically when video recording begins, the outlet says.

Warby Parker is not Google’s only eyewear partner: The Business of Fashion also reports that luxury group Kering is preparing to release glasses with Google.