Xreal Aura open for reservations ahead of Android XR launch this fall
Xreal has used the AWE 2026 to announce that its Android XR glasses—officially named Aura—will launch this fall, with pre-orders now open.
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The wired glasses get an official reveal after being teased last month at Google I/O
Xreal has used the Augmented World Expo 2026 to announce that its Android XR glasses —officially named Aura—will launch this fall, with paid reservations opening immediately.
The announcement moves the smart glasses —now available for pre-order—past the initial ‘Project Aura’ working title, showcasing more of the hybrid design first teased at Google I/O last month.
Built to replicate a standard pair of lightweight glasses—tipping the scales at under 95 grams—the Aura operates more like a mixed reality headset, such as Samsung’s Galaxy XR .
The hardware relies on true optical see-through passthrough. And rather than projecting a digitized video feed of the surrounding room onto internal screens like the Apple Vision Pro, Aura allows users to look directly through physical glass into their actual environment, layering digital elements on top with a 70-degree field of view and full six-degrees-of-freedom tracking.
Unconfirmed display specs and tethered compute puck details
While early hands-on testing at Google I/O praised the spatial display for looking incredibly bright and sharp, Xreal is still holding back on releasing hard technical specs at this stage.
Yet while exact screen resolution and brightness remain unconfirmed, we do know that the frames achieve their footprint by offloading their core hardware to an external, tethered compute puck.