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Title: The Morning After: SamsungΓÇÖs Galaxy XR enters the chat

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:15:55 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-...

This week, Samsung showed off Galaxy XR, its Vision Pro-troubling headset,
and you can bet weΓÇÖve done a deep dive. Sam Rutherford got one of these
strapped to his head and has plenty of feelings about the new hardware.

The headset is lighter, more comfortable and easier to live with than
AppleΓÇÖs Vision Pro, even if it lacks many of its headline features. The
software ecosystem is already pretty broad, thanks to Google making a real
effort with Android XR, but dedicated apps are still a bit rare.

SamsungΓÇÖs entry into the market might provide some much-needed impetus for
this type of augmented reality headset. That itΓÇÖs half the price of
AppleΓÇÖs Vision Pro may also loosen some wallets eager to get into this
world.

But itΓÇÖs hard not to see this as Samsung running down the same cul-de-sac
Apple is now lurking at the end of. It has allowed other companies, like
Meta, to waltz in and grab an early lead in the much more useful smart
glasses market.

ΓÇö Dan Cooper

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