Alibaba Unveils Qwen Book Agentic Computer and AI Wearables at Apsara Conference

Alibaba used its 2026 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou to expand the Qwen brand well beyond models, unveiling a new agentic computer, AI glasses, earbuds, and a portable note-taker built around its Qwen AI stack, according to Alibaba’s official Alizila news site on September 24, 2026.

Details

• Qwen Book: an “agentic computer” running Qwen Desktop OS, which Alibaba describes with an “OS as harness” concept that ties its Qwen models, operating system, apps, and cloud services into one environment — for example, speaking a command through the device’s stylus microphone can pull a file from the cloud, locate a specific slide, and make an edit for the user to approve
• Qwen Glasses N1 / N1 Pro: smart glasses with a 50-megapixel first-person camera; the Pro model adds eye tracking for object recognition and iris-based payment; pre-orders opened September 22 with sales starting October 13
• Qwen Clip: open-ear, clip-on AI earbuds co-engineered with Bose, built around the Qwen assistant for face-to-face translation, note-taking, and voice-driven tasks; same pre-order/sale schedule as the glasses
• QwenNote A2: a 67-gram portable recorder with six microphones and an 8-meter pickup range, 4G connectivity, and a battery rated for 40 hours of transcription or 18 days standby; priced at RMB 1,199 and available September 22, it runs on the Qwen-Audio model with privacy encryption and feeds recordings into the QwenWork agent to auto-generate DingTalk messages, schedules, and to-dos
• Wider event context: the conference also introduced Qwen Intelligence, a full-stack agentic solution for smartphone makers (with HONOR as first partner), and Alibaba’s next-generation Zhenwu V900 AI chip, alongside a roadmap toward a Qwen 4 model family still in training

What happened next

The hardware push shows Alibaba treating Qwen as a full-stack platform — models, an AI-native OS, and now consumer devices — rather than just a model family, arriving in the same September stretch as Qwen’s rapid-fire multimodal software releases (Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, Qwen3.8-LiveTranslate, and Qwen-Image-2.1). Pre-orders for the glasses and earbuds are open now in China, with general sales and any international availability details expected around the October 13 launch date.