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The Google / Xreal Aura XR glasses are now available to preorder
The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device, now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today, with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall. […] There’s still no word on the final launch price, however. | Image by Xreal The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device , now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today , with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall. The Xreal Aura follows Google's first Android-powered XR device, the Samsung Galaxy XR headset , which launched at $1,799 in October 2025. We still don't have a fu
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According to The Verge’s source item, The Google / Xreal Aura XR glasses are now available to preorder, The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device, now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today, with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall. […] There’s still no word on the final launch price, however. | Image by Xreal The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device , now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today , with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall. The Xreal Aura follows Google’s first Android-powered XR device, the Samsung Galaxy XR headset , which launched at $1,799 in October 2025. We still don’t have a fu
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