Alibaba starts selling Quark S1, its first smart glasses powered by its Qwen AI models, for ~$537 in China, and plans to release international versions in 2026
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. began sales of its first smart glasses powered by its Qwen AI models, marking a rare foray into consumer hardware.
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Discussion
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@sarahannabels
Sarah
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👓 Meta made social glasses. Quark just made smart glasses that actually work. Meta is all about social and meant to be seen. Quark is all about smarts and built to understand your world. Dual 4000-nit displays, bone conduction audio, dual-swappable batteries, 5-mic array, [image]
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@poezhao0605
Poe Zhao
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Alibaba launched AI glasses today. Everyone's talking specs. Missing the point. Qwen in glasses connects to Alipay, Taobao, Amap, Fliggy. Shop, navigate, pay through voice and vision. This isn't hardware. It's ecosystem lock-in extending into physical space. Chinese AI [image]
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@eyishazyer
@eyishazyer
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The new Quark AI Glasses quietly dropped today, and the part nobody is talking about enough is Qwen. Meta has hardware strength, sure, but Quark is trying something different, turning glasses into a true “AI life portal.” Dual displays, extreme brightness, fast capture, all [imag…
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@aaliya_va
@aaliya_va
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The ultimate AI glasses showdown just got shaken up and Alibaba played the strongest hand yet. S1 with dual displays, G1 for lightweight use, but what really shifts the battlefield is Qwen baked natively into both. It is not hardware vs hardware anymore. It is ecosystem vs [image…
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@sino_market
@sino_market
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Alibaba Releases Quark Smart Glasses With Its Qwen AI Built In Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. began selling its first smart glasses powered by its Qwen AI models, marking a rare move into consumer hardware. The Quark S1 glasses feature translucent displays that overlay contextual [im…
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@manishkumar_dev
Manish Kumar Shah
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Forget the smart-wearable hype. Quark's launch makes one thing clear: AI glasses with Qwen might be the first real step toward living with AI. The S1's dual display and crazy 4000-nit brightness were cool, but what stuck with me was how Qwen works at eye level — translating as [i…
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@aiwitharsalan
Arsalan
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Quark's new AI Glasses are interesting... not just for the hardware flex, but because of how deeply Qwen is integrated into them. And the specs aren't shy either: dual displays, 4000-nit brightness, 0.6s capture definitely keeping up with Meta 👀 But the real shift is this [video]
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@scobleizer
Robert Scoble
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Better than Meta. Sigh.