Google/Xreal Aura XR Glasses are now available for pre-order

The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now closer to being something you can buy. Booking for The second device is Android XRnow called Xreal Aura, is available for $99 starting todayIt is expected to be fully released in the US, UK, Japan, Canada and South Korea sometime this fall.

The Xreal Aura follows Google’s first Android-powered XR device, the Samsung Galaxy XR headsetwhich launches at $1,799 in October 2025. We still don’t have the full price for the Aura — which Google previously described as a “headphone masquerading as glasses” — but Best Buy will be the first in-store retail partner when it becomes available. Xreal also says those who book during the two-week launch offer will receive a $199 credit toward their launch purchase later this year, “saving you $100 on the final price.”

As part of this filing system announcement, we also learn that the Xreal Aura weighs less than 95 grams, and is powered by the new Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, Qualcomm’s latest XR platform. The chip, in combination with Google’s Android

We may get some new details about the upcoming launch after Xreal shows off the Aura glasses at the Augmented World Expo, which takes place June 15-18 in Long Beach, California.