Xiaomi Introduces China’s Rival to Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, Packed with Standout Features

Hey, so guess what? Xiaomi just dove headfirst into the smart glasses pool with their Xiaomi AI Glasses. Yeah, it was at this thing they called ‘Human x Car x Home’ — catchy, right? Anyway, people have been gossiping since last year about them teaming up with Goertek (some big deal ODM in China, in case you’re wondering) to whip up these AI glasses. And bam! Here they are, ready to spar with the likes of Ray-Ban Meta, which, oddly enough, you can’t get in China. Go figure.

So, let’s dive in: they slapped a Hyper XiaoAi voice assistant in there, threw on a 12MP camera with EIS (fancy!), along with five mics — like, what are you spying on, right? — plus two speakers. All powered by some low-key BES2700 Bluetooth doodad and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1. Nope, no flashy screens; it’s all voice and touch here, almost like they’re daring you to disconnect from shiny visuals. Oh, and there’s translation and photo/video magic with just a whisper or a tap. Like, the future much?

Battery talk— it’s got a 263mAh job, and Xiaomi claims it’ll do 15 video clips of a minute each, 50 snaps, an hour and a half on Bluetooth calls, or you could chat up their assistant for 20 solid minutes. But who’s counting? They say standby lasts 21 hours. Pretty decent, if you ignore the mixed-use mumbo jumbo.

Wait, this is cool: you can eye a QR code with them and just vocally ping Alipay to, well, pay. So ‘techy,’ right? Supposedly rolling out by September 2025. But, uh, heads up if you’re not in China. They’ve honed these glasses for the “Asian face,” whatever that means — so they might be building a wall around this feature, globally speaking.

The look? Not a fashion runway variety. Just one style in three shades: black, tortoiseshell brown (kinda see-through), and parrot green (why though, I don’t know). Lenses? You’ve got choices — clear or all these electro-whatchamacallit options. Throw in electrochromic shaded lenses for those who hate squinting. And if you need specs, they’re all like, sure, we’ll pop in your prescription too. Price tag? Starting about $280 for the basic; go all out and you’re looking at around $420.

Anyway, this isn’t Xiaomi’s first rodeo. They’ve had other glasses, minus cameras, until Mijia Glasses Camera in 2022 — not sure anyone recalls those. But now, they’re finally hitting mass production with these Xiaomi branded ones. Apparently, folks in China are booking these at an insane rate on JD.com — over 25,000 by mid-morning. Popular much?

There you have it — a chaotic whirlwind of cool tech and odd choices. But hey, isn’t that just life?