The Google / Xreal Aura XR glasses are now available to preorder

June 16, 2026 Jess Weatherbed

The Xreal Aura glasses, powered by Google’s Android XR.
There’s still no word on the final launch price, however. | Image by Xreal

The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second Android XR device, now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today, with a full launch in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and South Korea expected sometime this Fall.

The Xreal Aura follows Google's first Android-powered XR device, the Samsung Galaxy XR headset, which launched at $1,799 in October 2025. We still don't have a full price for the Aura - which Google has previously described as "a headset masquerading as glasses" - but Best Buy will be the first in-store retail partner whe …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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