{"id":184301,"date":"2025-06-14T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184301\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T17:29:10","slug":"could-samsungs-android-xr-headset-launch-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184301\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Samsung’s Android XR Headset Launch Next Month?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could Samsung’s first standalone XR headset launch next month, but only in South Korea?<\/p>\n

PandaFlash, a Samsung-focused leaker, seemed to strongly hint so in posts<\/a> on X<\/a>. The posts suggest the launch would occur during a July Samsung Unpacked event, and that the headset would “slowly slowly” expand globally.<\/p>\n

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First South Korea, than Slowly Slowly Globally.<\/p>\n

\u2014 PandaFlash \ud835\udd4f (@PandaFlashPro) June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, other rumors suggest that the July Samsung Unpacked event will take place in New York City, and it would seem rather strange to launch a product for Korea in a US city.<\/p>\n

Specific Details Remain Sparse<\/p>\n

Samsung’s headset was first announced well over two years ago, with the company saying from the start that Google would handle the software and Qualcomm would provide the chipset.<\/p>\n

That chipset was revealed at the start of last year to be the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2<\/a>, a higher-end variant of the chip in Quest 3 and Quest 3S, which has already shipped in Play For Dream MR.<\/p>\n

The actual design of Samsung’s headset was finally revealed in December, alongside Google formally naming Android XR, and Samsung said<\/a> it would ship it as a product in 2025 as it gave UploadVR’s Ian Hamilton a hands-on demo.<\/p>\n

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Hands-On With Samsung\u2019s Android XR Headset, Shipping In 2025<\/p>\n

Samsung\u2019s first standalone headset is coming in 2025, running Google\u2019s new Android XR operating system and powered by Qualcomm\u2019s\u00a0Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset.<\/p>\n

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While Samsung hasn’t confirmed any further details since then, in March we saw multiple South Korean reports with claims about the headset’s displays, production scale, and launch window.<\/p>\n

The Elec reported<\/a> that Samsung’s headset will use Sony’s new 1.35-inch 3552\u00d73840 micro-OLED display, with higher resolution and wider color gamut than the one in Apple Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Business Post claimed<\/a> that Samsung will launch the headset in Q3 (July, August, or September), but also that it plans to produce just 100,000 headsets per year, suggesting a very high price.<\/p>\n

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Xreal Project Aura Supports Android XR Via Tethered Puck<\/p>\n

Xreal\u2019s Project Aura will support Google\u2019s Android XR via a tethered compute puck with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.<\/p>\n

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We had expected either Google or Samsung to share more about the headset at I\/O in May, but the focus there was far more on smart glasses, as well as the announcement of the second officially confirmed Android XR headset, Xreal’s Project Aura<\/a>.<\/p>\n