MWC 2026 has officially kicked off, and Huawei’s latest promotional video, “Embracing the Agentic AI Era,” has set the tech world on fire. It reveals a bold vision for a digitized future—spanning smart glasses, vehicles, robotics, and smart homes. Notably, smart glasses took center stage as the very first device featured and reappeared throughout the film, clearly signaling Huawei’s strategic focus on this wearable category. Here’s a breakdown of what we saw.
“Coffee Ready”: The Seamless “Order-to-Pickup” Experience
The video opens with a runner using smart glasses to order coffee. As the glasses notify him, “The coffee you ordered is ready,” he arrives at the shop right on cue.
A robotic arm hands the coffee to him—a “drive-thru” experience for pedestrians. With a simple voice command, the glasses handle the ordering so there’s zero wait time. The display then confirms, “Coffee Picked Up,” while simultaneously overlaying a running navigation UI on his field of vision.
The Big Shock: 4K Live Streaming during a Marathon
In the second segment, we see a city marathon through the eyes of a participant. The glasses display a high-octane HUD: 4K live streaming interface, real-time likes/interactions, viewer counts, AR navigation arrows projected onto the ground, nearby shop info, and fitness tracking data.
Is 4K Live Streaming on Glasses Realistic?
The 4K ultra-HD streaming snippet is easily the most controversial part. If this suggests that future smart glasses can handle real-time 4K encoding and broadcasting, as an industry insider, I have to say: Isn’t it a bit early for this?
What 4K streaming actually implies for hardware:
- Thermal & Power Hell: To achieve 4K encoding and streaming in such a tiny chassis is a massive hurdle.
- Encoding Pressure: Real-time 4K@30/60fps encoding (H.265/AV1) plus stabilization and AI processing requires immense SoC power. Current chips simply aren’t there yet.
- Battery Life: Glasses have tiny batteries. Under such a high load, the frames would likely get “blistering hot” within minutes, and the battery would struggle to last even an hour.
- The Connectivity Backbone: 5G-A (5.5G): The video repeatedly emphasizes 5G-A applications. While standard 5G is fast, stable 4K streaming—especially while moving—requires the higher bandwidth and more robust uplink of 5.5G. It feels like Huawei is “flexing” its muscles here, reminding us that only their network infrastructure can support such massive data flows.
First-Person “Intuitive” Interaction
The film frequently switches to a First-Person View (FPV), such as the coffee alerts and pet-feeding reminders. This “information-follows-the-user” visual style is the quintessential logic of advanced AR or AI audio glasses.
“Agentic AI”: From Voice Assistant to Personal Butler
The term “Agentic” in the title is brilliant. We used to call glasses “smart devices,” but Huawei now calls them the “Carrier of the Agent.”
- Proactivity: When the AI suggests taking the dog out to relax, that logic stems from real-time perception. Through cameras and sensors, glasses understand your fatigue and environment better than a phone in your pocket ever could.
- Local Multimodal Large Models (LMM): By 2026, the downsizing of LLMs and cloud-edge synergy will be everywhere. Huawei’s glasses capture visual data and feed it to the backend HarmonyOS AI model. This “What You See Is What You Get” feedback loop will be the core battlefield for future smart glasses.
The “Killer Feature”: Universal Connectivity
The promo showcases a seamless ecosystem between glasses, phones, cars, and homes. This is Huawei’s true competitive edge. When you are in the car, the glasses might stay in low-power mode; the moment you step inside your house, they seamlessly take over smart home controls. This “cross-device flow” makes the glasses the ultimate “entry point” connecting the digital and physical worlds.
Final Thoughts
As the device closest to the brain and the only one with a first-person visual perspective, glasses are destined to be the optimal solution for the Agentic AI era. Huawei isn’t just showing off hardware; they are presenting a “Proactive Service Logic” based on the HarmonyOS ecosystem.
Let’s see what kind of AR hardware Huawei actually drops in Barcelona. Stay tuned!
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