Paiday Morning Brief: XREAL AURA Goes on Sale, Tencent Partners with Visa, Tencent Releases Buddy One

Friday 30 Pi Morning Brief: World's first Android XR wired glasses XREAL AURA go on sale and more 08:13 7-minute read Morning Brief at a Glance

Tencent and Visa sign memorandum of cooperation0

World's first Android XR wired glasses XREAL AURA go on sale1

Tencent and Visa announced the signing of a memorandum of cooperation, planning to deepen cooperation in areas such as cross-border payments, cross-border remittances, enterprise-grade artificial intelligence and AI agent commerce, further expanding the global payment and commerce service capabilities of the Tencent ecosystem.

Under the cooperation plan, the two parties will rely on Tencent's cross-border payment platform TenPay Global and Visa Pay to develop cross-border payment solutions for inbound and outbound travelers, and, on the premise of complying with regulatory requirements, improve payment convenience for travelers at partner merchants covered by WeChat Pay and the Visa network. At the same time, the two parties plan to deepen cross-border remittance cooperation through Visa Direct to make it easier for overseas users to remit funds into the WeChat Pay ecosystem.

In the field of artificial intelligence, Tencent Cloud and Visa will explore cooperation in enterprise-grade AI, agent commerce, the developer ecosystem and the globalization of Chinese enterprises, combining Tencent Cloud's AI, cloud computing and data capabilities with Visa's global payment network. The two parties also plan to study the use of Visa Intelligent Commerce to enable AI agents to assist eligible users in completing operations such as product discovery, selection and purchase. Source2

World's first Android XR wired glasses XREAL AURA go on sale

October 29 news: XREAL announced on October 28, US local time, that its first wired XR glasses equipped with the Google Android XR system, the XREAL AURA, have officially opened for orders in overseas markets, with a limited-time price starting at $1,099, and the first batch of products is expected to begin shipping in mid-November.

The XREAL AURA is offered in two configurations: 12GB+256GB and 16GB+512GB. In terms of hardware, the XREAL AURA adopts a prism-based optical solution and is equipped with dual Sony Micro-OLED displays, with a per-eye resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels, a field of view of 70 degrees, a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, and a peak brightness of 1050 nits. The glasses cover 100% of the sRGB color gamut, are individually color-calibrated at the factory, and have a color deviation ΔE of less than 3. The product itself weighs less than 95 grams and is available in two sizes to fit different interpupillary distances.

The XREAL AURA adopts a design in which the glasses are separate from an external computing module. The computing module is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite platform, with AI computing power of up to 48 TOPS, a built-in 4455mAh battery, a touchpad, a fingerprint sensor and two USB-C ports. The glasses themselves are equipped with the XREAL X1S spatial coprocessor, with motion-to-photon latency of 3 milliseconds, and support six degrees of freedom (6DoF) spatial tracking and hand tracking.

In terms of other specifications, the product is equipped with two spatial tracking cameras, one high-resolution AI camera with a privacy indicator light, a four-microphone array and a Bose-tuned audio system. It also supports five levels of electrochromic dimming, which can block up to 99.9% of external light, and supports the installation of prescription lenses.

In terms of software, the XREAL AURA runs the Android XR system and integrates Google Gemini AI, which can provide interactive assistance based on the real-world environment in the user's field of view and on-screen content. At launch, it offers more than 150 apps and experiences designed for XR scenarios, including the NBA App for Android XR, "Fallout: Factions," "Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars" and the NASCAR XR App, among others. Users can also use compatible Android apps through Google Play.

XREAL also announced two accessories, including a game controller developed in cooperation with GameSir and equipped with a dedicated Gemini button, as well as a portable wireless keyboard for office and multi-window operation scenarios. The official retail prices and specific launch dates of the two accessories have not yet been announced separately. Source How much?

Bose wired noise-cancelling earbuds launch in China

On October 29, Bose announced that its all-new wired noise-cancelling earbuds have officially launched in the Chinese market, priced at 699 yuan, and offered in three colorways: Classic Black, Morning Mist White and a limited-edition Cool Mint.

The new earbuds adopt a USB-C wired connection design and can be powered directly by compatible devices such as phones, tablets and computers, without the need for Bluetooth pairing or separate charging. The product features Bose QuietControl active noise cancellation technology, with two microphones on each earbud, and can switch between noise cancellation mode, transparency mode and noise cancellation off mode via the inline controls to adapt to different usage environments.

In terms of audio, the earbuds are equipped with Bose SoundDesign digital signal processing technology, support the USB Audio Class 2 (UAC2) protocol and lossless audio input, with playback output fixed at 24bit/48kHz. In terms of fit, the new earbuds have an IPX4 water resistance rating and come with silicone ear tips in three sizes—S, M and L—as well as stability fins in two sizes, M and L, which can be freely combined or used with the fins removed. In addition, the headphones come with an approximately 1.28-meter cable and physical inline controls, and include a zippered carrying case. Source Looks like in-ear, absolutely won't buy, if they kept the shark fin design I'd order immediately Can't they keep the shark fin, ugh BOSE qc20 modern version, saw Bose's tweet yesterday, feels like a renaissance Stethoscope effect: this could be crazy A long time ago Xiaomi had a wired noise-cancelling headphone, but it broke after a year of use, not sure if it's Xiaomi's problem or this type of product's problem. After that headphone broke, the market has consistently lacked related products, and I don't know why All discussions 105

Microsoft announces it will stop Copilot service on TVs on December 1

October 29 news, according to Windows Central, some LG smart TV users recently received a notice of termination of the Microsoft Copilot service. Microsoft's official support document confirms that it will stop providing the Copilot service on LG and Samsung smart TVs on December 1, 2026, and users can still continue to use the AI assistant via the web, desktop and mobile devices.

Previously, LG and Samsung announced in early 2025 that they would bring Copilot to their smart TVs, providing AI features such as information queries and film and TV content recommendations. Among them, some LG TVs, after a webOS system update in December of the same year, automatically added a Copilot icon that could not be deleted, sparking user concerns about software autonomy and privacy.

In response, LG once said that the Copilot icon is merely a web shortcut to access Microsoft's AI services through the TV's built-in browser, aimed at improving user convenience. LG later also enabled the removal of the relevant icon.

Currently, Microsoft has not explained the specific reason for terminating the TV-side Copilot service, nor has it announced a replacement plan. Source 2

AMD releases FSR SDK 2.4

October 29 news, AMD officially released FSR SDK 2.4 on local time October 28, introducing Vulkan graphics API support for FSR Redstone technology for the first time, and extending the machine learning-based FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 to Radeon RX 6000 series discrete graphics cards and some Ryzen processors.

Regular FSR

Machine learning-based FSR

This update brings FSR super resolution and frame generation technology to Vulkan 1.2 that is basically consistent with DirectX 12 features, including FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 and FSR Frame Generation 4.0.2. However, existing Vulkan games using FSR 3.1 cannot automatically upgrade to the machine learning version through drivers; developers need to integrate the new SDK. After integration is complete, games can obtain newer versions of FSR technology through subsequent driver updates.

In terms of hardware compatibility, FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 adds support for Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards based on the RDNA 2 architecture, as well as some Ryzen AI and Ryzen Z2 series processors. Among them, the RX 6000 series and Ryzen AI Max 300 and 400 series use the same full INT8 model as the RX 7000 series, while the remaining supported APUs use a reduced INT8 model less than half the size of the full model.

In addition, the new SDK also introduces Driver-Assisted Frame Pacing for the Radeon RX 9000 series, and updates FSR Ray Regeneration 1.2.1, adding independent ambient occlusion and specular reflection occlusion denoising features. Source fsr4 officially supports the 6000 series, conscientious Sharp looks so ugly, 5

Tencent releases cross-app AI collaboration system Buddy One

On October 29, Tencent officially released the cross-app AI collaboration system Buddy One for individual users at the Global Digital Ecosystem Conference, integrating products such as WorkBuddy, Tencent Docs, Tencent Meeting, Tencent Drive and ima, enabling account linking, cross-app content retrieval and AI credit sharing, and simultaneously launching a Buddy One VIP membership package with a continuous monthly price of 700 yuan.

Buddy One is based on the WorkBuddy technology foundation. After users link relevant accounts, they can directly retrieve authorized documents, meeting records and knowledge base content through WorkBuddy, without manually switching apps or copying materials. The system integrates information from different sources through "Buddy One all-app search" and generates answers with source annotations.

In terms of credits, after users join Buddy One, their original WorkBuddy credits will be upgraded to Buddy One universal credits, which can be shared and used in WorkBuddy, Tencent Docs, ima and Tencent Drive, with consumption records and balances updated synchronously. Tencent Meeting does not currently involve credit consumption, and credits previously purchased independently by each app will continue to be used according to the original rules and will not be automatically merged.

In addition, the Buddy One VIP membership package launched this time includes WorkBuddy Flagship Edition, Tencent Meeting Professional Edition and Tencent Docs Super Member Plus benefits, and provides cross-app shared AI credits and 1TB of storage space. Cross-app memory sharing will be introduced later, and more products will be gradually integrated. Source Why do we still have to pay 700 per month for unified integration? Isn't this something Tencent should do? They didn't integrate it together like their competitors back then, several APP services each fighting on their own, and now if you want convenient use, the users pay for the integration? I wonder who the hero behind WorkBuddy is. 1

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