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Apple is panning its first pair of smart glasses for 2026, sources say. Photo: Reuters
Apple

Apple aims to launch smart glasses in 2026 in push into AI devices

The iPhone maker is looking to join the emerging trend of AI-powered devices – an area where it faces fresh competition.

Metaverse

Facebook owner Meta lays off more than 100 employees in Reality Labs

Meta Platforms

Meta’s upcoming smart glasses with a screen and how they’ll work

China technology

My Take | Will AI and robots drive China’s next consumer spending spree?

China is seeking the next ‘big items’ to encourage consumers to open their wallets. Technology looks to be a key.

A humanoid robot seen at an expo in China’s northern city of Tianjin. Photo: Xinhua
Apple

Apple’s AirPods to get Star Trek-like upgrade with live translation

The capability will be offered as part of an AirPods software upgrade due later this year, sources say.

Artificial intelligence

Rokid’s AI-infused AR glasses wow China with real-world demo

A demonstration by company founder Misa Zhu at a government event has gone viral on social media and sparked a stock market frenzy.

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Wellness

New health tech wearables at CES measure blood sugar, capture heart murmurs

MindMics’ earbuds and DexCom’s Stelo patches stand out at CES 2025, while an expert calls the approval process for such devices ‘pathetic’.

MindMics’s headphones were able to capture, in clinical trials, a murmur in a patient with aortic stenosis, said the company’s CEO and president Anna Barnacka. Photo: MindMics
Metaverse

Alibaba deepens push into AI smart glasses

A new partnership will see Alibaba Cloud develop customised AI models for RayNeo products, the companies say.

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Video gaming

Review | SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds produce terrific sound for the price

SteelSeries’ new gaming headphones have the tech to help you win at Call of Duty while boasting the versatility to be a daily driver.

SCMP Highlights

Recap | Shanghai court says crypto ownership legal, Hong Kong food-delivery drones: 5 tech stories

Explore China’s tech landscape, from crypto ownership to AI-driven stock investments, in our latest stories from the world of technological innovation.

Amid a record-setting bitcoin price surge, a Shanghai court has released an opinion stating that the personal ownership of cryptocurrencies is not against Chinese law. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

These AR glasses can tell you names and addresses of people you meet

Two students created augmented reality smart glasses that identify people they see, exposing the risks of mixing AI with facial recognition.

Imagine a pair of glasses that could tell you the name and address of anyone you met. Harvard students Caine Ardayfio and AnhPhu Nguyen made them a reality in just four days. The students adapted Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and computer software to create spectacles utilising existing face recognition technology to identify people in real time, underscoring the potential for augmented reality (AR) in future. Photo: X/ AnhPhuNguyen1
Apple

Apple explores smart glasses, following Meta’s lead

An internal study is under way to gather feedback from Apple employees on smart glasses, sources say.

ByteDance

TikTok owner ByteDance launches US$170 AI earbuds in China

The Ola Friend earphones are linked to ByteDance’s self-developed chatbot, Doubao, currently China’s most popular GenAI app.

Start-ups

HKIC makes strategic investments in biotech, clean energy and health

The three start-ups have opened offices in Hong Kong to leverage the city’s talent and research prowess.

Clara Chan, CEO of HKIC, speaking at the inaugural Hong Kong Start-up Investment and Development Summit on September 13, 2024. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong smart glasses start-up sets sights on Ray-Ban with AI-equipped frames

Hong Kong-based Solos Technology prepares to take on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with AirGo V, as Harvard-trained founder John Fan touts city’s design prowess.

Solos Technology chairman John Fan Chin-chiang poses with the AirGo V at an unveiling event on June 28, 2024, at Science Park. Photo: Solos Technology
Samsung Electronics

Can Samsung’s new smart ring help it regain the China market?

The Galaxy Ring, featuring on-device artificial intelligence, marks Samsung’s latest bid to challenge Apple’s lead in the global market for smart wearable devices.

Apple

As Apple’s Vision Pro hits China, 2 quite different users’ takes

A Gen Z gamer and a Gen Y gadget geek give their thoughts on the innovative but costly Apple Vision Pro as the mixed-reality headset hits shops in Hong Kong and mainland China.

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VR and AR

Play For Dream mixed reality headset: an improved Apple Vision Pro clone

It may look just like the Apple Vision Pro, but the headset from Shanghai-based Play For Dream puts out higher-resolution visuals, feels more comfortable, and can run Android apps.

It may look just like the Apple Vision Pro, but the mixed reality headset from Shanghai-based Play For Dream (above) is cheaper, puts out higher-resolution images and can run Android apps. Photo: Ben Sin
Apple

Savvy Chinese merchants offer Apple’s Vision Pro for rent as official release awaited

Savvy merchants are renting out Apple’s Vision Pro headset as Chinese consumers await official release date in country.

Apple

Apple Vision Pro at a fraction of the price? Try China’s Shenzhen

Shenzhen-based headset maker EmdoorVR is hoping to leverage the interest around Apple’s Vision Pro to survive a slowdown in the VR and AR industry.

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VR and AR

Apple’s Vision Pro lifts the prospects for extended reality sector: Rokid CEO

Rokid chief executive Misa Zhu Mingming said Apple’s Vision Pro headset is expected to spur broader demand for more affordable and ergonomically designed AR and VR wearable devices.

Rokid expects to double unit sales of its augmented reality glasses to around 400,000 this year, from nearly 200,000 in 2023. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Is AI the killer app for smart glasses? This Singapore-based start-up thinks so

Brilliant Labs says AI is to smart glasses what multitouch was to the smartphone as it jumps into a market reinvigorated by Apple’s Vision Pro.

Brilliant Labs has announced its first pair of smart glasses, called Frame, which relies on generative artificial intelligence as its main selling point. Photo: Brilliant Labs
Apple

Apple gets angry calls from Vision Pro owners who forgot passcode

Unlike with other Apple products, users cannot reset the passcode of their headset without sending it back to the store.

Science

Chinese brain chip helps man regain mobility and is less invasive than Neuralink

The wireless brain-computer interface developed at China’s Tsinghua University allows quadriplegic patient to grab objects with prosthetic hand. And unlike implant from Elon Musk start-up, the Chinese device is not inserted into brain tissue.

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Wellness

‘A whole different ballgame’: Samsung aims for next level in health tracking

Samsung is looking to develop non-invasive glucose monitoring and continuous blood pressure checking, part of a push to put new health features in smartphones, watches and its upcoming Galaxy Ring.

Samsung is looking to develop non-invasive glucose monitoring and continuous blood pressure checking, part of a push to put new health features in smartphones, watches and its upcoming Galaxy Ring (pictured). Photo: Samsung
Apple

Netflix has no plans to make an app for Apple’s first 3D headset

Rather than designing a Vision Pro app or supporting its existing iPad app on the platform, Netflix says users can watch its content on a web browser.

The Apple Vision Pro headset seen at an unveiling event in Cupertino, California last June. Photo: AP Photo
Huawei

Review | Huawei GT 4 smartwatch: beats Apple, Google on price but lacks software

Huawei’s latest smartwatch, the GT 4 is at least US$100 cheaper than Google or Apple watches and its battery life is twice as long, but it lacks popular software such as Google and Spotify.

Metaverse

Facebook owner to lay off employees in metaverse chip unit

The unit, called Facebook Agile Silicon Team, or FAST, develops custom chips for Meta’s AR and VR devices, which currently use silicon from external provider Qualcomm.

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