The Samsung XR headset venture has been an open secret for a while, however a brand new report suggests it has lastly settled on a design we’ll see in 2025. The unhealthy information? It may very well be touchdown later within the 12 months than we’d like and may not be as ‘XR’ as we had hoped.
The report is from Wellsen XR Analysis from China, and has been shared by the likes of Samsung leaker @Jukanlosreve on social media. With the spotlight being the Q3 2025 launch date (that’ll be July, August, or September). Samsung often hosts one in all its Unpacked occasions in July for its foldables, so it’s attainable it’ll slip its glasses into the combo for 2025 if we’re fortunate.
As for what the specs will likely be able to, the leaks don’t point out a show and the teased weight doesn’t depart room for one (until Samsung has developed some tremendous next-gen show tech). General, the specs sound remarkably much like the Ray-Ban Meta sensible glasses; Samsung’s glasses would apparently even be outfitted with a Qualcomm AR 1 chipset, a 12MP digicam sensor, and has a 155mAh battery capability and a 50g weight – in comparison with Meta’s 154mAh battery and 48g weight.
The one distinction this sensible glasses clone can declare is it’ll reportedly depend on Google Gemini as an alternative of Meta AI for its AI performance. Although proper now it doesn’t seem one possibility is considerably higher than the opposite, so the race to the summit of our finest sensible glasses information may very well be a decent one.
No XR, no downside?
The dearth of shows means these specs would not actually be XR – definitely not in the way in which the Meta Quest 3 is or the Meta Orion AR Glasses will likely be.
But it surely’s not essentially the tip of the world. Whereas wired AR glasses – such because the Xreal Air 2 specs – are a delight, they aren’t faultless. They rinse the battery of the machine they’re related to, and so they aren’t sensible glasses you put on round casually – they’re finest for once you’re sat down and need to watch a film on a large digital display screen.
The leaked Samsung glasses, as with the Ray-Ban Meta sensible glasses, are one thing you put on on a regular basis. And due to their stable AI talents and in-built audio system I’ve been utilizing my pair of Meta glasses much more not too long ago and loving it.
Whereas I’d love Samsung to make an XR headset nonetheless, I’m not disenchanted to listen to they’re engaged on a distinct sort of sensible glasses. And whereas all rumors must be taken with a pinch of salt the success of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses (and their lack of competitors) does recommend there’s room for some rivals within the house.
We’ll have to attend and see what 2025 brings, however for Samsung it appears to be like prefer it may very well be an thrilling 12 months with one more main launch.
