On November 27, 2025, Alibaba officially launched the Quark AI Glasses S1, its first in-house developed, flagship dual-display AI glasses, designed to provide a superior AI assistant experience. To enable the AI to truly understand user needs and respond instantly, AAC Technologies (AAC) collaborated closely with the Quark team to develop a crucial voice pickup hardware solution. This innovative, high-precision system combines five high-performance microphones (MICs) with one bone conduction microphone（VPU）, creating a powerful 5-mic array with bone conduction microphone innovative high-precision voice pickup system.
This premium audio setup allows the Quark AI Glasses S1 to deliver stable, high-accuracy voice interaction in challenging environments like commutes, indoor spaces, exhibition halls, and windy conditions. It provides users with high-quality voice pickup and a comfortable listening experience in all scenarios, making it a cornerstone of the overall user experience.
*Image source: Screenshot from Quark AI Glasses Weibo
Beyond Lighter and Smaller，Unleashing Powerful Voice Pickup
The Quark AI Glasses S1 is designed with ultra-slim temples and an ultra-thin frame, giving it an appearance similar to regular eyeglasses. To complement its lightweight design and enhance the user experience, the Quark AI Glasses S1 features an innovative high-precision audio pickup system co-developed with AAC. It combines a 5-microphone array with bone conduction technology and offers the following features:
⤵️ The microphones are about 25% smaller than conventional ones
This maintains a high signal-to-noise ratio for audio pickup even in a compact form factor, freeing up more space for the glasses’ slim and lightweight design.
⤵️The microphones consume about 50% less power than conventional ones
This significantly improves the device’s overall battery life, eliminating battery anxiety. Your AI assistant can be on standby 24/7, ensuring continuous and stable AI performance for a seamless, worry-free experience.
👍🏻 The bone conduction microphone achieves an VPU SNR of up to 77dB
By capturing the vibrations of your jawbone as you speak, it isolates your voice directly at the source, effectively filtering out wind and ambient noise. This allows you to activate the AI glasses and interact with them using just your voice, even in loud environments, completely redefining the voice interaction experience.
💪 Powered by a 5-mic array
Equipped with five high-performance microphones, the glasses intelligently sense ambient sounds and voices, enabling more precise speech recognition and noise reduction. This enhances call clarity and makes interactions feel more natural, allowing the AI glasses to reliably capture your voice even in noisy environments.
Premium 5+1 Audio Pickup System,Able to Hear, Hear with Clarity and Truly Understands You
This 5-mic array combined with bone conduction technology represents the most advanced audio pickup configuration in the AI glasses industry today. It keeps the Quark AI Glasses S1 at the forefront of acoustic hardware and provides a robust foundation for a superior AI assistant experience.
A key interactive capability of AI glasses is moving beyond simply hearing to achieving clear comprehension. Powered by the premium 5+1 audio pickup system, the Quark AI Glasses S1 accurately captures your voice in any environment. This demonstrates a superior ability to understand, enabling truly responsive and intelligent interaction:
👂Hear with clarity:
· Lower false activation rate: High-performance AAC voice pickup hardware combined with Quark’s advanced algorithm ensures the AI activates only when you need it, significantly improving interaction reliability and privacy.
· Clearer voice capture: Enjoy seamless interactions in quiet settings and clear voice recognition in noisy ones. Whether in a museum, cafe, busy street, or park, you will experience smooth and clear communication. It reliably captures your voice even in dynamic scenarios with wind noise, such as commuting or walking outdoors.
👌Truly understands you:
· More accurate voice command recognition and AI interaction: Powered by high-performance AAC pickup hardware, the Quark AI Glasses S1 enables faster and more accurate command execution across various scenarios, including navigation, searches, meeting transcription, and translation. With support for multiple wake words and contextual shortcuts, you can get things done instantly with a single command.
*Image source: Screenshot from Quark AI Glasses Weibo
Foresight,Hear a Step Ahead
As wearable devices become the new gateway for AI, precise “hearing” is now essential for a seamless interactive experience. In this collaboration, AAC and the Quark team jointly developed an innovative, high-precision audio pickup solution featuring a 5-mic array and bone conduction technology. This provides a stable and efficient audio foundation for the core AI interactions of the Quark AI Glasses S1, seamlessly integrating high-performance pickup capabilities into a lightweight glasses form factor.
Looking ahead, AAC will continue to collaborate with more industry partners to pioneer innovations in the acoustic experience for the AI era. The goal is to enable AI devices to not only have foresight but also to “hear” a step ahead, accurately understanding every word from the user. Together, we will propel AI devices into a new era of more natural and intelligent audio.