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XREAL brings Google’s Android XR software platform into a lightweight AR glasses form factor.
2 min readUpdated Oct 9, 2026
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Xreal's Project Aura glasses run Android XR, Google's software for glasses and headsets, with Google's Gemini AI assistant built in, Google and Xreal confirmed.
Demos at Google's I/O event in May 2026 included Google Maps, YouTube 3D video and AR apps that run in a web browser. Xreal also showed the glasses connected to a laptop, turning flat games, images and videos into 3D.
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These are the first Android XR glasses made by anyone other than Samsung
Aura is the first Android XR glasses announced outside Samsung, giving Google a second hardware partner for the platform.
An X1S chip runs the glasses while a Snapdragon runs the puck
Aura splits computing across two processors: XREAL’s X1S chip inside the glasses and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite platform in the external compute puck. The glasses handle the display experience while the puck provides the heavier Android XR processing.
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