Yes, Samsung's new Intelligent Eyewear smart glasses work with iPhones

Starting today, November 12, Samsung fans in Korea and the USA can pre-order the company's first ‘Intelligent Eyewear‘ smart glasses. The good news for Apple fans watching from the sidelines is that they don't have to. They, too, can join Samsung's latest party without abandoning Apple.

iPhone users can also experience the emerging smart wearable category as long as they look beyond Apple's walled garden. Samsung hasn't neglected the Apple crowd, and as long as you have an iPhone 13 Pro or above, you're set.

Apart from iPhones, Intelligent Eyewear smart glasses are compatible with premium Galaxy phones running One UI 9.0 and select Google Pixels.

Yet unclear if there's complete parity across all platforms

Samsung hasn't revealed much else about Intelligent Eyewear compatibility. In other words, it remains to be seen whether iPhone users with Intelligent Eyewear will have access to everything Galaxy phone users do.

The reason we're even questioning the scope of compatibility is the Galaxy SmartTag 3 and how its compatibility list unfolded. Announced a few months ago, Samsung's new location tracker works with iPhones too, but some key features are limited and exclusive to Galaxy phone users.

Whether that's the case with Samsung's new Warby Parker and Gentle Monster smart glasses remains to be seen. The smart glasses are available for pre-order in the USA and Korea starting today, November 12, and shipments are scheduled for December 10.

Mihai Matei - Senior Editor

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First Samsung device: SGH-A800

Mihai is a blogger and column writer at SamMobile. His first Samsung phone was an A800 which took a lot of beating, and a part of him still misses the novelty of the clamshell design. In his free time, he enjoys watching shows, documentaries, and stand-up comedy; listening to music, taking walks, and occasionally playing old(er) video games.

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