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Alibaba's AI glasses to rival Meta go on sale for $500
- On Thursday, Alibaba Group, the Hangzhou-headquartered company, put the Quark AI Glasses on sale in China, integrating its Qwen large-language models and linking to the Qwen app.
- Alibaba Group, the Hangzhou-headquartered company, is pushing the glasses as part of a consumer AI strategy and has been investing aggressively in AI alongside Baidu and Tencent.
- Priced from ¥3,799, the Quark AI Glasses S1 features dual micro-OLED displays, dual chips, bone-conduction voice pickup, and a swappable battery system claiming up to 24 hours.
- The glasses are already selling on Tmall, JD.com and Douyin and rolling out to 604 partner optical stores across 82 cities, putting Alibaba in competition with Xiaomi, Xreal and Meta's Ray-Ban Display.
- Omdia's forecast that AI-glass shipments will exceed more than 10 million by 2026 suggests rising demand, while an IDC report showed 136.5m wearables shipped in Q2 2025 with China accounting for 50m.
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