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Alibaba Opens Preorders for Quark AI Glasses, Undercutting Meta on Price

Priced at $659, the device bets on Alibaba’s Qwen AI with tight service integration.

Overview

  • Preorders are live on Tmall in Asia at 4,699 yuan ($659) with shipments expected in December, according to Alibaba.
  • The glasses integrate with Amap for navigation, Alipay for payments, Taobao for shopping and Fliggy for travel, and they support calls, music streaming and language translation.
  • Alibaba introduced a new AI Chat Assistant in the Quark app alongside the preorder launch.
  • Hands-on reporting indicates in-lens displays that appear monochrome green, contrasting with Meta’s Ray-Ban Display full-color approach.
  • Quark is Alibaba’s first consumer-facing AI hardware, debuting as analysts project rapid smart-glasses market growth over the next several years.