Samsung Takes On Apple’s Vision Pro With New Galaxy Xr Headset

After months of speculation, Samsung has yet unveiled its Galaxy XR headset to return connected Apple’s Vision Pro. The headset runs connected Google’s Android XR operating strategy and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 platform.

Galaxy XR costs $1,800, astir half nan value of nan Vision Pro. It’s disposable now successful nan U.S. and Korea. The headset offers up to 2 hours of wide usage and up to 2 and a half hours of video playback.

The headset’s micro OLED show has 27 cardinal pixels, six cardinal much than nan Vision Pro, and a solution of 3,552 x 3,840. It has a 90Hz refresh rate, compared to nan Vision Pro’s 120Hz. Galaxy XR features 2 high-resolution pass-through cameras, six world-facing search cameras, and 4 eye-tracking cameras.

The headset weighs 545g, while nan latest Apple Vision Pro weighs astir 750g-800g.

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“Through a operation of its shape, precocious materials and nan structural optimization of each component, Galaxy XR achieves an optimal equilibrium betwixt lightweight creation and robustness for regular use,” Samsung wrote successful a blog post. “The headset’s ergonomically balanced framework distributes unit crossed nan forehead and nan backmost of nan head, minimizing facial discomfort while providing dependable support.”

Samsung says nan headset features galore experiences optimized for XR, specified arsenic Google Maps, YouTube, Circle to Search, and Google Photos.

Users tin inquire Gemini to navigate to places connected Google Maps while exploring nan world successful immersive 3D Maps. On YouTube, users tin inquire Gemini to find contented they want to spot and study much astir nan video they’re watching. Users tin besides person 2D images into 3D successful Photos.

In pass-through mode, users tin spot nan beingness world astir them and tie a circle pinch their manus to hunt for accusation astir thing successful beforehand of them.

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With nan headset, users tin multitask by having aggregate apps unfastened astatine immoderate size, specified arsenic their browser, documents, and euphony app.

As for entertainment, users tin watercourse contented connected a 4K Micro-OLED screen. Streaming services, including Crunchyroll, HBO Max, and Peacock, person reworked their apps for Android XR.

People who acquisition nan Galaxy XR by nan extremity of nan twelvemonth will get an Explorer Pack that comes pinch 12 months of Google AI Pro, YouTube Premium, and Google Play Pass. It besides comes pinch a $1 per period proceedings of YouTube TV for 3 months, entree to nan 2025-2026 play of NBA League Pass, and entree to Status Pro’s NFL PRO ERA, Project Pulsar from Adobe, Asteroid, and Calm.

The move comes arsenic Apple past week unveiled nan latest type of its Vision Pro headset that’s powered by an M5 chip, replacing nan existent M2. The M5 spot enhances show rendering by 10%, and supports refresh rates up to 120Hz (up from 100Hz). The headset besides features 30 much minutes of artillery life complete nan erstwhile model, coming successful astatine 2 and a half hours of wide usage and 3 hours of video playback.