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Earlier this year, Samsung announced that it is working on an “XR device” and that it will be launched in the future. However, the company has been mum about it until now. At today's Galaxy Unpacked event, the South Korean firm revealed that its XR headset is coming this year.
The company didn't reveal whether it will just showcase the XR device this year or actually launch it. However, we expect the company to at least showcase the device before the end of this year and probably launch it sometime early next year, likely alongside the Galaxy S25 in the first quarter of 2025.
Watch our hands-on video of the Galaxy Z Flip 6 below.
Samsung's first XR headset is expected to run a version of Google's Android operating system designed for XR headsets. It reportedly uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, which could be the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2+, which was unveiled a few months ago.
The XR headset could also use two 3,500ppi Micro OLED or OLEDoS screens from Samsung Display's subsidiary firm eMagin. It will likely be a high-end device and work with Galaxy smartphones (and probably laptops). However, it remains to be seen if Samsung pits it directly against the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro.
Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.
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