Updated
Updated · Engadget · Jun 16
Xreal Opens $99 Aura Reservations Without Final Price as Android XR Glasses Target Fall Launch
Updated
Updated · Engadget · Jun 16

Xreal Opens $99 Aura Reservations Without Final Price as Android XR Glasses Target Fall Launch

3 articles · Updated · Engadget · Jun 16

Summary

  • $99 reservations for Xreal's Aura glasses opened at AWE, but the company still has not disclosed a retail price ahead of a planned fall launch.
  • The preorder offer gives buyers a $199 launch credit—effectively $100 off—while a $299 Founder Priority Pass promises launch-day delivery and special-edition hardware in limited quantities.
  • Aura is Xreal's first Android XR device and pairs a tethered compute puck with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, a 70-degree field of view and built-in hand tracking.
  • Xreal is targeting an initial fall rollout in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Canada and South Korea, with Europe to follow, though it has not given a specific launch date.

Insights

Priced well over $1,000, what killer app will make the Xreal Aura a must-have beyond early tech adopters?
Can Google's AI-centric strategy successfully challenge Meta's established dominance in the rapidly growing extended reality market?
Is the Xreal Aura's tethered compute pack a clever compromise for power or a fatal flaw for true mobility?