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Xreal Aura glasses put Android on your face and they will “try” to cost under $1,500

Xreal Aura tries to squeeze a whole XR headset into glasses

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Xreal Aura is now one step closer to landing on your face. The company has opened reservations for Xreal Aura, its Android XR-powered smart glasses built with Google. The device was previously known as Project Aura, and it is shaping up to be one of the most important early tests for Android XR beyond full headset hardware.

Xreal is marketing Aura as a portable spatial computing device in a glasses-style form factor. So it’s more than just a simple pair of glasses that records or keeps track of your notifications. Aura combines lightweight glasses with a dedicated compute puck, letting the heavier processing and battery hardware sit off your face.

How it pushes Gemini into a big floating canvas

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Aura runs on Android XR and brings Gemini into the experience. With user permission, Xreal says Gemini can understand what you see, along with what’s around and on your screen. Users can interact with the glasses via voice commands and multimodal help. The glasses feature a 70-degree optical see-through display. There’s also electrochromic dimming, a world-facing sensor array, hand tracking, 6DoF tracking, and DP-in support for connecting to a PC, laptop, or handheld console, which makes it quite versatile.

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Under the hood, it uses a dual-chip setup. The compute puck is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite platform, while the glasses house Xreal’s X1S spatial coprocessor for low-latency spatial display and sensor processing.

How much will it set you back?

Side view of Xreal Project Aura smart glasses.
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The real jaw-dropping detail is the price tag. Xreal claims that the base model will not cost more than $1,500. But even that isn’t exactly cheap. It is still below Samsung’s Galaxy XR launch price and far below Apple Vision Pro territory. Reservations are live now. A $99 reservation deposit gets buyers a $199 launch credit, effectively saving $100 on the final purchase. Xreal is also adding a $299 Founder Pass for the first 2,000 customers, with numbered hardware and launch-day delivery.

The launch is expected in Fall 2026, though final pricing, configuration details, and shipping dates will likely be closer to the official release.

Vikhyaat Vivek
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