Xreal’s first Android XR glasses will go on sale later this 12 months, the corporate introduced on the Augmented World Expo occasion in Lengthy Seaside, California. The frames, as soon as known as “Mission Aura” and now simply generally known as “Aura,” are probably essentially the most formidable tackle what Google’s homegrown AR platform can do.
As I previewed during Google I/O final month, Aura goals to supply efficiency just like a high-end headset in a pair of comparatively light-weight glasses (albeit ones that depend on a tethered connection to a separate puck.) At Google I/O, certainly one of my prime questions after demoing Aura was how a lot it is going to price. Frustratingly, Xreal nonetheless is not saying.
Regardless of AWE marking the glasses’ “official” debut, the corporate hasn’t shared a remaining value. As a substitute, it is opening up a two-week reservation interval throughout which you’ll be able to pay $99 to order a pair that can include a $199 “launch credit score.” That may successfully prevent $100 when it really goes on sale. Simply how good a deal that $100 financial savings is, after all, is inconceivable to say and not using a remaining value. Xreal can be providing a restricted variety of “founder precedence move” reservations that price $299 in alternate for “assured launch-day supply” and particular version {hardware}.
I left my preliminary Aura demo impressed. With a 70-degree area of view, built-in hand monitoring and Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Actuality Elite chip, the frames felt like a strong center floor between a cumbersome headset and a real “glasses” expertise. However providing paid reservations with out a lot as a touch to the precise value is disappointing.
As I wrote final month, Aura is essentially totally different than the remainder of Xreal’s lineup. And I totally count on Aura to be way more costly than another glasses it makes given all the additional tech concerned (its OnePro frames, by comparability, price $650). I simply want the corporate would rip the bandaid off now somewhat than drag issues out one other couple of months.
Xreal is likely to be hoping it could capitalize on the dearth of different Android XR units in the intervening time. And the corporate has clearly invested on the content material aspect, asserting a slew of latest experiences coming to Aura. It is also not fully clear when individuals who pay for a reservation will get one, since that “assured launch day” nonetheless would not have an precise date. Xreal says it is “concentrating on” the preliminary “wave” of merchandise to launch within the fall within the US, UK, Japan, Canada and South Korea with European availability “coming quickly after.”
Replace, June 16, 2026, 7:08PM PT: In a footnote on its web page for pre-orders, Xreal states that “the ultimate retail value of the bottom mannequin won’t exceed US$1,500, excluding relevant taxes.”
