Surprise: The Google Xreal glasses debut at a Meta-beating $1,099

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Google, XREAL" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/Aura_4_TAS_XR_-Nov-06-2025_113.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In this economy, how often does a product get <em>less expensive</em> before its debut? That just happened with the Google / Xreal Aura, the lightweight 95-gram glasses with a tethered Android XR compute puck and multiple virtual screens that just went on sale today. Xreal and Google have just announced the headset <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xreal-aura-launches-as-the-first-wired-xr-glasses-powered-by-android-xr-302921776.html">costs $1,099</a> through the end of the year, down from the $1,279 that Xreal was charging for early preorders last month. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I expect that's because <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1006207/google-xreal-aura-glasses-price-release-date-preorder">at $1,279, they were going head to head with Meta's VR Glasses</a>, and that's tough competition for Google and Xreal's new product. The Xreal Aura has one of the widest fields of view for transparent …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020960/google-xreal-glasses-debut-meta-vr-glasses-price-release-date">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>