{"id":16456,"date":"2026-02-28T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/alibaba-to-launch-new-smart-glasses-powered-by-qwen-ai-assistant-at-mwc\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:38:09","slug":"alibaba-to-launch-new-smart-glasses-powered-by-qwen-ai-assistant-at-mwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/alibaba-to-launch-new-smart-glasses-powered-by-qwen-ai-assistant-at-mwc\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba to launch new smart glasses powered by Qwen AI assistant at MWC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.7315436241611\">Alibaba Group Holding plans to launch new smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence assistant <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Qwen<\/span> at the coming MWC Barcelona trade show.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Saturday, a company representative confirmed the launch, adding that both online and offline presales would start on Monday, the first day of the annual trade show, formerly known as Mobile World Congress.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, the company, which owns the South China Morning Post, is preparing a diverse product line-up this year for the global market, including AI rings and AI earphones, according to a person close to the company.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The coming release of the Qwen glasses marks Alibaba&rsquo;s second major foray into smart eyewear. It follows the Quark AI Glasses, priced from 1,899 yuan (US$277), that were officially launched in November 2025, available in the mainland Chinese market.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"13.115241635688\">The gadgets target a fast-growing sector. In the first half of 2025, global shipments of smart glasses more than doubled, driven mostly by strong demand for <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Meta Platform&rsquo;s<\/span> glasses, along with new offerings from Xiaomi, according to market research firm Counterpoint.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Alibaba&rsquo;s first AI glasses were officially launched in November 2025. Photo: Wency Chen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.2814371257485\">The new Alibaba glasses are expected to present a renewed challenge to Meta&rsquo;s smart eyewear, Ray-Ban Meta, as well as similar wearable devices from <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Xiaomi<\/span> and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Baidu.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Alibaba to launch new smart glasses powered by Qwen AI assistant at MWC<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alibaba Group Holding plans to launch new smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence assistant Qwen at the coming MWC Barcelona trade show. On Saturday, a company representative confirmed the launch, adding that both online and offline presales would start on Monday, the first day of the annual trade show, formerly known as Mobile World&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/alibaba-to-launch-new-smart-glasses-powered-by-qwen-ai-assistant-at-mwc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Alibaba to launch new smart glasses powered by Qwen AI assistant at MWC&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}