Samsung exec: XR glasses are 'nearing the execution phase' but won't arrive until next year

"Where are the glasses?" I couldn't help but ask Drew Blackard, Samsung's VP of Mobile Product Management, when we sat down shortly after the unveiling of the company's exciting new Samsung Galaxy XR spatial computing, Gemini AI-centric headset.

Blackard couldn't share specifics but did acknowledge, "it's coming soon...And I'll use those words purposely in the sense that it's not like a far-out concept."

Even though the glasses were nowhere to be seen during the Galaxy XR launch, Samsung did announce a pair of lens frames partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and Blackard told me they are "nearing the execution phase."