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DIGITIMES notes that China continued to advance smart glasses policies from the central government to local governments in 2026, driving both enterprise production and consumer purchase subsidies. Enterprise priorities include dedicated chips, microdisplays, and light waveguide solutions. Chinese AI glasses brands have focused on products with AR display functionality, and models with AR display functionality accounted for 52%. The average weight of AI glasses launched by Chinese vendors through August 2026 was only 38.1 grams. Chinese AI glasses were 30% lighter on average than the 54.4-gram average weight of AI glasses launched by US vendors in the same period. Most Chinese AI glasses use microdisplay and waveguide solutions from Chinese vendors, indicating that Chinese brands have already made some progress in AR display adoption and lightweight design. China's government has promoted smart glasses development in a top-down manner at multiple levels. In addition to related policies from Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Suzhou have each introduced policies centered on smart glasses, with emphasis on key components such as dedicated chips, microdisplays, and optical components. Looking further at China's smart glasses vendor clusters, Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu are the five main administrative regions where vendors are concentrated, accounting for more than 80% of total smart glasses vendors. This closely matches the main regions targeted by China's policy push, which should facilitate joint development between government and vendors. This report covers Chinese government support for smart glasses at every administrative level, major supply chain locations, key brands, and product characteristics. - Introduction - China's smart glasses policy push and industry cluster status - Chart 1: Overview of smart glasses policies promoted by Chinese government agencies at all levels in 2026 - Chart 2: Key policy regions for China's AI and AR glasses industry - Chart 3: List of smart glasses policies in Shenzhen, Beijing and Suzhou - Chart 4: Distribution of Chinese AI and AR glasses brands and supply chain players - Chart 5: Major administrative regions and key vendors developing AI and AR glasses in China - AI and AR smart glasses product development trends - Chart 6: Changes in market share for types of AI glasses, November 2025 and August 2026 - Chart 7: Share of the number of brand AI glasses launched in various countries from January to August 2026, their average weight, and the share of products with AR display functionality - Chart 8: List of AI glasses functions and key component suppliers for leading Chinese AI glasses vendors - Chart 9: Specs and pricing of camera-less AR glasses with high privacy launched by Chinese vendors - Chart 10: AI glasses positioning differences between selected Chinese and US vendors - Summary - Chart 11: Conclusion: China is making all-out push into AI glasses, with progress in AR display integration and lightweight design
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