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On October 28, 2026, Google and XREAL released the XREAL AURA, the first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR, starting at $1,099. According to the Google Blog, the product is available for order starting today in the United States, Canada, and South Korea, and goes on sale in Japan on November 2. The glasses weigh less than 95 grams, use transparent lenses and a 70-degree field of view to project apps into the user's field of vision; heavy computing is handled by a portable computing puck connected via cable, which features the debut of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite platform. Users can open multiple apps at once and pair them with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, or connect a laptop screen as a window via USB-C wired mirroring, and Gemini can provide assistance with content in the field of view and on the screen. Testing Catalog reported the same day that the product is aimed at users aged 18 and over, with a launch price starting at $1,099 within the year.
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Oct 30
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Google's Android XR development tools enter the stable phase, XREAL AURA released simultaneously
On October 29, at the Android Dev Summit 2026, Google announced that multiple core Android XR development tools have entered the stable phase, with the 1.0 stable versions of Jetpack SceneCore, ARCore for Jetpack XR, and XR Runtime released on October 21. On the same day, XREAL AURA, a wired XR glasses product developed in collaboration between Google and XREAL, was officially released, featuring a 70-degree field of view and a glasses body weighing less than 95 grams, with a limited-time launch price starting at $1,099; it is now open for pre-order in the United States, Canada, and South Korea, with shipments expected in mid-November. The article also outlines the expansion of the Android XR hardware lineup since its announcement in December 2024, as well as Gemini as a unified AI entry point spanning headsets and smart glasses.
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Paiday Morning Brief: XREAL AURA Goes on Sale, Tencent Partners with Visa, Tencent Releases Buddy One
On October 28 local time in the US, XREAL opened overseas orders for the XREAL AURA, the world's first Android XR wired glasses, at a limited-time starting price of $1,099, with the first batch expected to ship in mid-November. Tencent and Visa signed a memorandum of cooperation, planning to deepen collaboration in areas such as cross-border payments, cross-border remittances, enterprise-grade AI, and AI agent commerce. Tencent also released Buddy One, a cross-application AI collaboration system that integrates products including WorkBuddy, Tencent Docs, and Tencent Meeting, with VIP membership at 700 yuan per month on a continuous subscription basis.
Oct 29
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XREAL Aura Launches: The First AR Glasses Powered by Android XR, Starting at $1,099 for a Limited Time
XREAL has officially launched the XREAL Aura, AR glasses powered by Google's Android XR operating system. The first batch of orders will ship in mid-November, with the initial launch covering the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. Under the limited-time offer, the 12GB+256GB version is priced at $1,099 (regular price $1,279), and the 16GB+512GB version is priced at $1,299 (regular price $1,499). The product adopts a split architecture, with the frame weight kept under 95 grams, a 70-degree field of view, dual Sony Micro-OLED displays with a per-eye resolution of 1920×1200 and a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz, and it comes pre-installed with more than 150 XR-optimized apps.
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AI Daily Brief: Gemini 4 Carbon Tops AA Index with 59 Points
Gemini 4 Carbon topped the AA Intelligence Index with 59 points and is being made available first to cybersecurity defenders. GitHub launched Copilot Fusion, costing about half as much as Claude Code with comparable performance; Alphabet's Q3 revenue reached $127.6 billion, up 25% year over year, with Gemini users reaching 1 billion. An unannounced GPT Image 2.6 appeared in OpenAI's API documentation, supporting marker-guided editing.
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Google and XREAL launch the first Android XR glasses, XREAL AURA, starting at $1,099
Google and XREAL have officially launched the first Android XR glasses, XREAL AURA, with a noticeably lighter body that can be worn continuously for hours to watch movies or work across multiple screens. Gemini can act on everything within the field of view, including laptop windows, and users can ask it to organize windows or discuss the content in front of them. The product is aimed at users aged 18 and over, with orders opening today in the United States, Canada, and South Korea, sales starting in Japan on November 2, and a launch price starting at $1,099 within the year.
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Google and Xreal's co-developed Android XR glasses Aura go on sale, starting at $1,099
Xreal Aura, the Android XR glasses developed by Xreal in collaboration with Google, is now on sale in the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea. The 12GB+256GB version costs $1,279 and the 16GB+512GB version $1,499, with promotional prices of $1,099 and $1,299 before the end of the year; shipping begins in mid-November. It weighs about 95 grams and uses a split architecture that puts the main computing unit and battery in a wired pocket host. It is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chip and supports Gemini voice commands, hand tracking and a 70-degree field of view. Xreal says it offers more than 150 XR apps and experiences at launch, and is also launching a controller with a Gemini button and a wireless keyboard accessory.
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Google and XREAL Launch the First Android XR Wired Glasses, XREAL AURA
Google and XREAL have launched the XREAL AURA, the first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR. Orders open today in the United States, Canada, and South Korea, with sales in Japan starting November 2, at a starting price of $1,099. The glasses weigh less than 95 grams, use transparent lenses and a 70-degree field of view to project apps into the user's field of view, and offload heavy computing to a portable computing puck connected by cable; the puck is powered by the debut Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite platform. Users can open multiple apps at once and pair them with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, or connect a laptop screen as a window via USB-C wired mirroring, and Gemini can provide assistance based on the content in the field of view and on the screen.
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