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<ul><li>We reiterate our positive view on the booming AI glasses cycle, and we believe ongoing strength of Ray-Ban Meta glasses (+200% in 1H25), Xiaomi AI glasses’ bullish shipment target of 500k, strong product pipeline (Meta/Xiaomi/Rokid/ RayNeo/Quark) and improving ecosystem with more AI features/use cases will continue to pave wave for the AI glasses supply chain into 2H25E.</li><li>Looking ahead, global/China smart glasses market is set to continue robust growth of 43%/121% YoY in 2025, based on IDC.</li><li>As more tech players are entering the AI smart glass market, we expect cost optimization and more gen-AI use cases will continue to drive demand in the next few years. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We reiterate our positive view on the booming AI glasses cycle, and we believe ongoing strength of Ray-Ban Meta glasses (+200% in 1H25), Xiaomi AI glasses’ bullish shipment target of 500k, strong product pipeline (Meta/Xiaomi/Rokid/ RayNeo/Quark) and improving ecosystem with more AI features/use cases will continue to pave wave for the AI glasses supply chain into 2H25E.Looking ahead, global/China smart glasses market is set to continue robust growth of 43%/121% YoY in 2025, based on IDC.As more tech players are entering the AI smart glass market, we expect cost optimization and more gen-AI use cases will continue to drive demand in the next few years. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Technology -  Ray-Ban Meta Upbeat in 1H25, Xiaomi 500k Target and Quark Glasses Launch