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.