# AI glasses

AI Eyewear Becomes a Lunar New Year Must‑Buy as China’s Wearables Move from Gimmick to Gadget

AI‑enabled smart glasses emerged as a standout Lunar New Year purchase in China, with sales up 70–80% in Shenzhen’s electronics district amid a broader tech spending rebound. Subsidies, rapid miniaturisation and on‑device AI models are pushing the category from niche headsets toward everyday wearables, while global production plans and shipment forecasts suggest the market could scale to tens of millions of units within a few years.