After months of hypothesis, Samsung has lastly unveiled its Galaxy XR headset to tackle Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional. The headset runs on Google’s Android XR working system and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 platform.
Galaxy XR prices $1,800, almost half the worth of the Imaginative and prescient Professional. It’s obtainable now within the U.S. and Korea. The headset provides as much as two hours of basic use and as much as two and a half hours of video playback.
The headset’s micro OLED show has 27 million pixels, six million greater than the Imaginative and prescient Professional, and a decision of three,552 x 3,840. It has a 90Hz refresh price, in comparison with the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s 120Hz. Galaxy XR options two high-resolution pass-through cameras, six world-facing monitoring cameras, and 4 eye-tracking cameras.
The headset weighs 545g, whereas the newest Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional weighs round 750g-800g.
“By a mix of its form, superior supplies and the structural optimization of every part, Galaxy XR achieves an optimum steadiness between light-weight design and robustness for each day use,” Samsung wrote in a blog post. “The headset’s ergonomically balanced body distributes strain throughout the brow and the again of the top, minimizing facial discomfort whereas offering regular assist.”
Samsung says the headset options many experiences optimized for XR, reminiscent of Google Maps, YouTube, Circle to Search, and Google Images.
Customers can ask Gemini to navigate to locations on Google Maps whereas exploring the world in immersive 3D Maps. On YouTube, customers can ask Gemini to seek out content material they wish to see and study extra in regards to the video they’re watching. Customers may also convert 2D photographs into 3D in Images.
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In pass-through mode, customers can see the bodily world round them and draw a circle with their hand to seek for details about something in entrance of them.
With the headset, customers can multitask by having a number of apps open at any measurement, reminiscent of their browser, paperwork, and music app.
As for leisure, customers can stream content material on a 4K micro OLED display screen. Streaming providers, together with Crunchyroll, HBO Max, and Peacock, have reworked their apps for Android XR.
Individuals who buy the Galaxy XR by the top of the 12 months will get an Explorer Pack that comes with 12 months of Google AI Professional, YouTube Premium, and Google Play Move. It additionally comes with a $1 per thirty days trial of YouTube TV for 3 months, entry to the 2025-2026 season of NBA League Move, and entry to Standing Professional’s NFL PRO ERA, Venture Pulsar from Adobe, Asteroid, and Calm.
The transfer comes as Apple final week unveiled the newest model of its Vision Pro headset that’s powered by an M5 chip, changing the present M2. The M5 chip enhances show rendering by 10%, and helps refresh charges as much as 120Hz (up from 100Hz). The headset additionally options 30 extra minutes of battery life over the earlier mannequin, coming in at two and a half hours of basic use and three hours of video playback.
