Xiaomi Launches China’s Rival to Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with Impressive Features

Alright, picture this, right? Xiaomi decided to throw this event called ‘Human x Car x Home’—kinda sounds like they’re trying to include everything but your pet hamster. Anyway, they pitched their flashing new Xiaomi AI Glasses, which feels like their clap back at Meta and EssilorLuxottica. Serious curveball, huh?

So, last year, rumors—love ’em or hate ’em—had it that Xiaomi was chumming up with this Goertek company to craft these AI-smart specs. Supposedly, they were going to give the Ray-Ban Meta a run for its money. Those aren’t even in China, but hey, details.

And today, surprise! They show off these Xiaomi AI Glasses that are kitted out with a Hyper XiaoAi voice assistant, a 12MP camera—comes with something called electronic image stabilization (fancy, right?), five mics, two speakers. All powered by this low-energy BES2700 audio chip and the Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 gizmo. It’s like they pulled out all the stops to match the Ray-Ban Meta, and maybe Oakley Meta HSTN too. Jury’s still out on that one.

Oh! And no screens on these glasses—just imagine, no displays. Yup, it’s all voice commands and tap-tap on the frames to chat with Hyper XiaoAI. It can translate text, snap pics, videos—all that jazz. Honestly, I would probably just end up talking to it for fun.

Battery life is one of those things you don’t think about till it’s dead, right? Well, they claim it’s 8.6 hours per charge—enough for a few videos and calls, though how often you do any of that is up to you. Standby’s 21 hours which basically means it’s just chilling. And talking about cool features, ever heard of paying with a glance? Look at a QR code, say the magic words, and bam—transaction done. Wild, I know. But that’s supposedly coming later in an update.

It’s launching in China for now—Asia-specific, they say. Apparently, it fits Asian faces better, which is interesting if not slightly confusing. They only have a single frame design—kinda like choosing between vanilla and vanilla. But three colors! Black, brown tortoiseshell, and a very bold parrot green. Options, I guess?

Models start at ¥1,999 RMB—roughly $280. If you want shaded lenses, that’s more cash. The cool bit? It’s all electrochromic, which means you can dial how shaded you want the lenses to be! Almost like mood glasses—happy? Set to bright. Feeling mysterious? Go darker.

They’re Xiaomi’s first full-on camera glasses—kinda like a techie meets spy gear vibe. Their previous stuff was more audio-focused, like the Mijia Glasses, which I guess stayed camera-less. If there’s anything else I missed from the big reveal, blame it on my attention span.

Bottom line? Over 25,000 folks were interested enough to pop a reservation on JD.com by morning time. That’s plenty of eyeballs—pun intended.

So, yeah, that’s my crazy attempt to tell you what happened. I may have missed a spec or two, but hey, this is about the big picture, right?