Smart Assistant That Can Whisper — AAC Technologies Powers Quark AI Glasses S1 to Pioneer a New Voice Interaction Paradigm
Alibaba Launches Quark AI Glasses S1 — Flagship Dual-Display with “Super AI Assistant”
On November 27, 2025, Alibaba introduced its first self-developed flagship dual-display AI glasses, the Quark AI Glasses S1. The product is designed to deliver an elevated “Super AI Assistant” experience, ensuring that its built-in large AI model can understand user intent and respond instantly.
To achieve this, the Quark team collaborated with AAC Technologies (AAC Technologies Holdings Inc., HK) to develop advanced voice capture technology. This includes:
- Five high-performance microphones (MICs)
- One bone conduction microphone (VPU)
Together they form an innovative five-MIC array + bone conduction high-precision audio capture system.
This configuration enables even whispered speech to wake the AI voice assistant, reducing false activations and providing private, reliable, and comfortable all-weather audio interaction — a critical foundation for next-generation smart glasses.
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Overcoming Voice Interaction Barriers in Smart Glasses
Although smart glasses are moving from niche gadgets to mass-market devices, voice interaction remains a major challenge:
- Noisy environments (e.g., subways)
- Quiet spaces (e.g., libraries)
- Accidental activation (e.g., touch events in pockets)
To address these limitations, Quark and AAC Technologies:
- Built a custom five-MIC array + bone conduction audio system
- Integrated advanced acoustic algorithms to understand user intent
- Reduced false activation rates to new industry lows
Practical result: Users can speak at near-whisper volume and receive immediate AI responses, overcoming long-standing voice recognition issues.
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Whisper-Level Recognition
Key advantages of the voice system:
- 25% smaller package size than standard mic arrays
- High SNR maintained despite compact design
- ~50% lower power consumption for extended battery life
- Bone conduction VPU with 77dB SNR, tuned to capture jawbone vibration and isolate speech from background noise
This premium setup keeps Quark S1 at the forefront of acoustic hardware innovation, enabling a seamless “Super AI Assistant” experience.
> Tech reviewer DianWan Tech AK: "It’s like moving from feature phone days into the smartphone era — you suddenly realize smart glasses can understand you so well."
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Technology Innovation → User Experience Innovation
AAC Technologies’ solutions improve how smart devices "read the room", delivering three standout benefits:
- Noisy subways — Commands recognized even in loud conditions
- Quiet libraries — Whispered interaction without disturbing others
- Windy parks — Wind noise suppressed for clear voice input
Additional use cases:
- Real-time multilingual translation
- Hands-free driving assistance with noise suppression
- Communication during cycling or skiing
- Health monitoring via breathing pattern analysis
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From Functional to Exceptional
This AAC–Quark collaboration tackles the core voice interaction bottleneck in smart glasses, transitioning them from meeting basic functional needs to delivering enhanced user experiences.
Changes in paradigm:
- Voice interaction → from user adapting to device → device adapting to user
- Private communication → from optional → to standard feature
- Smart glasses → from niche gadget → to everyday intelligent companion
The future promises wearables as empathetic, privacy-conscious extensions of ourselves, evolving from “usable” to “pleasant” — and ultimately “indispensable.”
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