A 38.5-gram, display-free AI glasses platform featuring a dual-chip architecture and global accessibility focus—bringing AI into everyday wear and accelerating the mainstream adoption of smart eyewear.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rokid, a global pioneer in human-computer interaction and AI-powered eyewear, today unveils Rokid Ai Glasses Style at CES 2026. Style is a display-free, voice-centric AI glasses built for all-day wear, combining an open AI ecosystem, prescription-first design, dual-chip architecture, and a strong commitment to global accessibility.

Weighing just 38.5 grams, Style is among the lightest full-featured AI glasses on the market. Designed as premium eyewear rather than a gadget, it represents Rokid’s answer to the industry’s long-standing dilemma: how to deliver powerful AI functionality without compromising comfort, style, or battery life.

After more than a decade focused exclusively on AR and smart glasses, Rokid positions Style as a defining step toward what many industry leaders now describe as the next major personal-computing shift — the “iPhone moment” of AI glasses. As noted by tech visionary Kevin Kelly during a recent visit to Rokid, “Smart glasses will be the next iPhone.”

Why It Matters — The World’s First Open AI Ecosystem Without Lock-In in Eyewear

Unlike most smart glasses locked into a single AI model or regional service stack, Rokid Ai Glasses Style is built on an open, global AI strategy.

Style supports multiple AI engines, including ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Qwen, and integrates with global services such as Google Maps and Microsoft AI Translation, enabling AI use across regions and languages without ecosystem lock-in.

Beyond AI models, Rokid is committed to open global partnerships. In China, Rokid has already connected services such as payments, insurance, ride-hailing, car control, and health, and launched an AI Agent Store — a developer-first platform that allows third-party AI agents to run natively on smart glasses.
This open ecosystem will gradually expand to international markets, reinforcing Rokid’s vision of AI that is borderless, flexible, and user-controlled.

What Sets Style Apart — The Industry’s Most Comprehensive Prescription & Lens Ecosystem

Prescription compatibility is not an add-on — it is core to Style’s design.

Rokid introduces a comprehensive global online prescription service, addressing one of the biggest adoption barriers in smart eyewear. Style supports a correction range from plano to ±15.00D, covering:

• Myopia
• Astigmatism
• Presbyopia
• Progressive lenses
• Functional lenses (photochromic, tinted, blue-light, UV, polarized, anti-reflective)

Style features ultra-thin lenses with anti-scratch coatings and dynamic photochromic lenses available in six color options, transitioning from clear indoor glasses to stylish outdoor sunglasses in ~25 seconds.

Through Rokid’s global prescription platform, users can upload prescriptions online and receive custom lenses within 7–10 days, delivered directly to their door.

“AI glasses are becoming the most natural interface for the next era of computing. Clarity is a fundamental human right,” said Zoro Shao, Global General Manager at Rokid. “With Style, our goal is simple: make advanced AI truly usable, comfortable and accessible for everyday life. And we ensure that prescription requirements never limit a user’s access to wisdom and technology.”

Core Innovation — Four World-First Innovations Setting New Industry Standards for AI Glasses

Rokid has consistently pioneered foundational technologies now becoming industry norms. With Style, the company introduces or advances four world-firsts:

1. World’s first open, global AI ecosystem in eyewear
2. World’s first dual-chip AI glasses architecture (now widely embraced across the smart glasses industry)
   • NXP RT600 handles low-power, always-on tasks
   • Qualcomm AR1 manages AI and imaging workloads
3. World’s first AI glasses supporting voice interaction in 12 languages
4. World’s first AI glasses with true multimodal interaction + AI shortcuts

Style supports voice interaction in 12 languages and translation in 89 languages, along with multimodal input that includes voice commands, physical controls, head gestures and AI shortcuts. Users can nod to answer calls, shake their head to end them, and activate predefined AI functions quickly and hands-free.

Designed for Everyday Use — Featherweight Comfort, All-Day Battery Life and Premium Optics

At 38.5 grams (1.36 oz), Style is significantly lighter than comparable products (e.g., Meta Ray-Ban Gen 1 at ~49g; Gen 2 at ~51–53g), making it genuinely wearable throughout the day.

Designed to look and feel like premium eyewear, Style features:

• Aviation-grade titanium alloy hinges
• Air-cushioned liquid-silicone nose pads
• Classic D-shaped frame design

Thanks to its dual-chip architecture, Style delivers up to 12 hours of typical daily use and over 24 hours of standby time on a single charge.

Built for Daily Style Personalization and Creators — Triple-Format Imaging Without Compromise

Style offers two frame colors — Jet Black and Translucent Grey — paired with diverse lens options, allowing users to adapt the glasses to fashion, lighting, activities, or mood.

Equipped with a 12MP Sony sensor, open-ear audio, advanced imaging, and 4K capture, Style introduces a creator-ready triple-format imaging system: 3:4/4:3/9:16.

Unlike most smart glasses that support only one shooting format, Style enables instant, platform-ready content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more — no cropping, no post-editing required.

What’s more, Style supports continuous video recording of up to 10 minutes, significantly exceeding the typical ~3-minute limit of comparable products such as Meta Ray-Ban.

Whether capturing cinematic scenes, square-format moments, or vertical social content, users can effortlessly switch formats, ensuring every shot is platform-ready without the need for cropping or post-editing — giving Rokid a significant competitive edge in creator-friendly smart eyewear.

Competitive Pricing and Availability

Designed to balance the industry “impossible triangle” dilemma: wearability & comfort, functionality & performance, and long battery life, the Style integrates multimodal AI interaction, precision prescription optics, and lightweight, with a global retail price starting at $299, excluding tax.

To address the high cost of prescription lenses, Rokid is offering a “Golden Bundle”, which includes 1.60 index prescription lenses with photochromic functionality. While comparable devices from other brands (ex.Meta Ray-Ban) can cost over $579, the Rokid Style Golden Bundle is priced at $398, making advanced prescription-compatible AI glasses more accessible.

Rokid Ai Glasses Style are available for reservation, with an early-bird offer that allows customers to place a $1 deposit and receive a $20 discount. This reservation period precedes the official global online launch on January 19, 2026, when the product will become available through Rokid’s global website as well as selected online and offline retail channels worldwide.

At launch, Style will debut in Jet Black, with a second colorway, Translucent Gray, scheduled to follow in March 2026. Together, the two color options echo Rokid’s design philosophy and product slogan — “Twice the Style” — expressing the fusion of smart glasses functionality and dual fashion aesthetics.

“Leave Nobody Behind”: A Commitment to AI Glasses for Social Good and Accessibility

In a move to democratize technology for the visually impaired, Rokid also announced an accessibility initiative aimed at supporting blind and low-vision users, recognizing that audio-based AI glasses can serve as “digital eyes.” Customers purchasing Style for a visually impaired user will receive a $20 subsidy, lowering the price to $279, with additional launch promotions reducing the cost further.

“Globally, over 1 billion people have vision impairments; 43 million are completely blind, and two-thirds live in the Asia-Pacific region. They don’t need screens or cool AR displays. They are urgently calling for an AI glass that is lightweight, long-lasting, and has powerful perception capabilities to serve as their “eyes.” This is one of the most important reasons we accelerated the launch of Style.”said Zoro Shao, Global General Manager at Rokid.

“Technology shouldn’t just be a toy for the few; it should be a light in everyone’s life,” added Zoro. “Our mission is to leave nobody behind.”

A Decade of Focus on AR Glasses: Accelerate the Mainstream Adoption of AI Glasses

Rokid has spent more than a decade focused exclusively on smart glasses. In 2025, the company launched Rokid Glasses, the world’s lightest full-function AI & AR glasses with display, setting a global Extended Reality (XR) market record with over $6 million raised, and began shipping mass-production units worldwide by December—demonstrating Rokid’s ability to move from innovation to real-world deployment.

Building on this momentum, Rokid Ai Glasses Style removes the final barriers to mass adoption — weight, cost, prescription compatibility, and ecosystem openness —accelerating the transition of AI glasses from early adopters to everyday users.

About Rokid

Founded in 2014, Rokid is a global pioneer in augmented reality (AR) and AI, focused on creating human-centered smart glasses that seamlessly integrate intelligence into everyday life. As one of the industry’s earliest innovators, the company is widely recognized as the first to deliver smart glasses with open, global AI access, enabling real-time translation and AI interaction across platforms and regions.

Rokid serves consumers, developers, and enterprise users globally and hosts China’s largest XR developer community, with over 20,000 registered developers and 5,000 enterprise partners. Recognized for engineering and design excellence, Rokid has received the CES Innovation Award for three consecutive years and the German iF Design Award five times.

For more information, please visit https://global.rokid.com/

– South Korean travelers continued to favor short-haul destinations, with Japan taking the top three spots, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Overseas travel from South Korea continues to rebound at a rapid pace. According to the Korea Tourism Organization and Incheon International Airport Corporation, both the number of South Koreans traveling abroad between January and October 2025 (24,335,383 people), and the number of international flight operations (349,919 flights) increased by 3.2% year-on-year. Insights from digital travel platform Agoda echo this momentum, with interest in international travel from South Korean travelers increasing by 15% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Reflecting this growing demand, Agoda has revealed a list of the top 10 international destinations favored by South Korean travelers in 2025, based on accommodation search data. Tokyo (Japan) ranked first, followed by Fukuoka (Japan) and Osaka (Japan) in the top three rankings, underscoring Japan’s continued appeal. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, 7.66 million South Koreans visited Japan between January and October 2025 – a 6.4% increase from the previous year.

Nha Trang (Vietnam), Bali (Indonesia), Da Nang (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand), Sapporo (Japan), Taipei (Taiwan), and Phu Quoc (Vietnam) rounded out the top ten, highlighting continued interest in short-haul destinations.

Vietnam, in particular, gained traction throughout the year, with multiple coastal and island destinations making the list. Phu Quoc, often referred to as the “Maldives of Vietnam,” recorded the highest year-on-year growth in travel interest (+63%), climbing six places and entering the top 10 in 2025. As the only destination in Vietnam offering visa-free entry to all international travelers for up to 30 days, combined with its striking natural landscapes such as Sao Beach, Kem Beach, and eco-tourism sites like Phu Quoc National Park, the island continues to attract an increasing number of South Korean travelers.

Looking ahead, this demand is expected to continue. According to Agoda’s 2026 Travel Outlook Report, 39% of South Korean travelers said that they plan to travel primarily overseas this year, 15 percentage points higher than the Asian regional average of 24%.

Jay Lee, Regional Director, North Asia at Agoda, said, “Despite the elevated exchange rate, South Korean travelers continue to demonstrate strong demand for international exploration, and we expect this momentum to carry throughout the year. From ever-popular Japanese cities to fast-rising destinations in Vietnam, we’re seeing sustained interest in both cultural immersion and relaxing escapes. To support this, Agoda remains committed to offering a wide range of flights, accommodations, and activities to help travelers reach the destinations they aspire to visit.”

Travelers planning their 2026 holiday trips can enjoy Agoda’s offerings of over 6 million holiday properties, more than 130,000 flight routes, and over 300,000 activities, all easily combined in a single booking. Discover the best deals on Agoda’s mobile app and visit Agoda.com for more information.

SINGAPORE, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Despite Singapore’s low unemployment rate of around 2.1 percent, a new study by Reeracoen and Rakuten Insight shows that employers remain cautious when evaluating mid-career candidates, applicants with career gaps, and those who have been unemployed for more than three months.

The Singapore Hiring Manager Survey Report 2025–2026 draws on responses from 375 hiring managers across multiple industries, including both final decision-makers and HR professionals involved in candidate evaluations. Their insights provide a clear view of how companies are coping with talent shortages, changing skill demands, and the challenges of helping jobseekers return to the workforce as digital transformation accelerates.

Kenji Naito, Group Chief Executive Officer, Reeracoen Group, said, “Across Asia, hiring is shifting toward a skills-based, human-centric approach. This study highlights the need for companies to evaluate potential not only by job history, but also by motivation, effort and adaptability. At Reeracoen, we are committed to bridging the trust gap between employers and jobseekers.”

Hiring confidence remains low, with only 23.2 percent of hiring managers saying they feel very confident about finding qualified local talent. The majority cite high salary expectations (80.3 percent) as the top challenge, followed by skills mismatch (65.1 percent). Another 56.3 percent say there is a lack of experienced candidates, while 40.5 percent report limited interest from jobseekers.

Career gaps remain a hurdle, with 63 percent of employers hesitant about candidates who have been unemployed for more than three months. Upskilling carries significant weight in hiring decisions. A total of 76.6 percent of respondents say that recent training, certifications or skills development are essential when assessing applicants. Employers continue to place high value on digital and AI skills, followed by project management, data literacy, technical certifications and communication abilities.

Recruitment agencies continue to play a significant role in the hiring process. More than 76 percent of employers rely on agencies to shortlist candidates, which helps reduce mismatches and hiring delays, particularly for roles that are harder to fill.

“Singapore’s hiring landscape is changing quickly, and the data shows that employers are becoming more selective in how they assess readiness and skills. Mid-career candidates and those returning to the workforce are evaluated not just by experience, but also by their recent learning efforts and job readiness. These insights provide important direction for organisations looking to strengthen their hiring strategies and adapt to shifting workforce expectations,” said Cheryl Ng, Country Director, Singapore, Rakuten Insight.

Singapore’s rapid digital transformation continues to widen the gap between employer expectations and jobseeker readiness. Employers increasingly value preparation, skills evidence and proactiveness. Jobseekers who lack recent activity or training often struggle to demonstrate immediate value, highlighting opportunities for companies, agencies and policymakers to support fairer hiring evaluations and re-entry pathways.

“In Singapore’s fast-moving job market, hiring managers are under pressure to make decisions quickly. Yet many still hesitate when faced with career gaps or non-traditional profiles. This report shows that readiness signals, such as upskilling, re-entry motivation and transparency, can make a meaningful difference. Recruitment agencies play an important role in surfacing these overlooked talents,” said Shoichi Sunaga, Branch Manager, Reeracoen Singapore.

Download the Singapore Hiring Manager Survey Report 2025–2026 at:
https://www.reeracoen.sg/en/events/Employer-Singapore-Hiring-Manager-Survey-Report-2025-2026?utm_source=press_release&utm_medium=article&utm_id=hiring_manager_survey_report

To learn more about Reeracoen’s recruitment services, visit https://www.reeracoen.sg or connect on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/reeracoen-singapore.

About Reeracoen Singapore Pte Ltd

Reeracoen is an award-winning leader in Asia’s recruitment landscape, connecting top-tier talent with forward-thinking organisations across the region. With 9 offices across 6 major Asian countries, we combine deep local networks with cross-border hiring expertise to help businesses grow faster and stronger.

Our excellence has been recognised with recent awards such as:

• Best Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Agency 2025
• Best International Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Agency 2024
• Best Executive Recruitment Agency 2024

In Singapore, we uphold the highest standards of professionalism and service quality, providing innovative and trusted recruitment solutions to help businesses and candidates succeed in an evolving digital economy. For more information, visit www.reeracoen.sg  and follow us on social media.

About Rakuten Insight, Inc.

Rakuten Insight, Inc. is a wholly-owned online market research subsidiary of Rakuten Group, Inc., a global leader in internet services headquartered in Tokyo. Established in 1997 as AIP Corporation and integrated into the Rakuten Group in 2014, Rakuten Insight operates a research panel focused on 12 major Asian markets and the United States, with a panel network spanning 60 countries and regions. With offices in 11 countries and regions, the company provides market research for more than 500 leading companies worldwide. Rakuten Insight Singapore serves as a regional hub providing multi-lingual and multi-functional operational support for clients across Southeast Asia. For more information, visit https://insight.rakuten.com.