Xreal's Android XR Aura Glasses Are Coming This Fall, With a Brand New Qualcomm Chip Inside

https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/aede0cf55afba5985251191136e7c6429dc81e2a/hub/2026/06/16/3bbd2d1d-dc92-43fe-b5e1-46a8a9333b80/xreal-aura-glasses.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Reality Elite could show up in a lot more future headsets, but it's appearing in Google and Xreal's upcoming Android XR glasses first. It's promising significant boosts for graphics, battery and AI.

3 min read

In May, I was wowed when I demoed the surprisingly powerful VR-like experience inside Xreal and Google's Project Aura glasses, which are now being called Xreal Aura and are arriving this fall.

They pack a Samsung Galaxy XR-like experience into a pair of glasses that plugs into a phone-sized processor puck. But it turns out that the processor they pack is actually better than the one in the Samsung Galaxy XR. And the specs of Qualcomm's new chip suggest a wave of VR headsets that could be aiming to supercharge their onboard AI capabilities.

Qualcomm's newly announced Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, unveiled at the Augmented World Expoconference in Long...

Copyright of this story solely belongs to cnet.com. To see the full text click HERE

Read more