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Alibaba Unveils AI Glasses in Push for Wearable Hardware Market

Published: Oct. 15, 2026 12:42 p.m. GMT+8

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Alibaba’s new wearables add eye tracking, health monitoring and environmental sensing. Photo: Alibaba

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched two AI glasses models and a pair of clip-on AI earphones, deepening its push to bring its Qwen AI models into consumer hardware.

The new N1 series glasses, launched on Tuesday, are designed to give AI greater awareness of a user’s surroundings, allowing the devices to offer more proactive assistance rather than simply respond to commands, according to Alibaba.

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