In abstract
- Samsung Mission Moohan rumoured to launch in lower than two weeks
- Pre-registration will open per week prematurely
- Might be a Korea solely launch to begin with
Though Samsung’s Mission Moohan, the primary Android XR wearable, was introduced manner again in January, it’d lastly have a launch date.
It looks like we’ve been ready years quite than months, however Android XR is practically right here, it appears. After numerous delays and essentially the most not too long ago rumoured launch date of 29 September having handed, there’s one other date on the playing cards.
Effectively, two really, as ChosunBiz reviews that Samsung will start pre-registration for the blended actuality headset on 15 October.
That’s lower than two weeks away and then the Korean agency will supposedly launch Mission Moohan on 22 October.
It’s price noting that this seems to use to Korea solely, the place the headset might launch first earlier than different markets or a world launch at a later date. We nonetheless await official phrase from Samsung.
Samsung has been exhibiting off the gadget at numerous tech occasions, most not too long ago the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit final week. Nevertheless, it was nonetheless static in a glass field (see above) and there was no information about it on the occasion.
Developed with Google and Qualcomm, it runs on the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, however the occasion was centered on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for telephones and tablets.
Though Android XR is practically upon us, Mission Moohan isn’t more likely to be for everybody. Rumours counsel a value between KRW2,500,000 and KRW4,000,000, inserting it round £1,324-£2,100 or $1,800-$2,900 transformed.
That is cheaper than Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional however nonetheless excess of most individuals will probably be prepared to splash out.
The extra mainstream Android XR gadgets will probably be within the type of AR (augmented actuality) sensible glasses – even Google says so – to rival the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), which price £379/$379. Nevertheless, particulars on these are nonetheless gentle.
Google has developed a pair with Xreal referred to as Mission Aura, however they won’t go on sale to customers till someday in 2026.
