Samsung's new Android XR headset is coming October 21 and you can reserve one now

Date:
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:00:07 +0000

Description:
Samsung's Project Moohan Android XR headset will be announced on October 21, and Samsung is offering a bonus to buyers who reserve one now, even though we know nothing about it.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Samsung is holding a virtual event on October 21 to announce an Android XR device Buyers who reserve one now can get $100 credit for other Samsung gear
Samsung, with Qualcomm and Google, has been teasing Project Moohan for
months

Samsung has announced that it will be announcing its new XR headset running Android XR. The new device and possible Apple Vision Pro competitor,
currently called Project Moohan , will be revealed on October 21 at 10pm EDT (or 11am Wednesday in Samsungs home town Korean time) at an event titled Worlds Wide Open . We dont know much about the device or Samsung's launch plans, but if your interest is already piqued, you can register to buy the headset now and get a small bonus for your faith.

Samsung has been teasing Project Moohan for quite a while, and the device
made a cameo appearance last month at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit under glass. We havent seen an official working prototype yet. The new headset will presumably use Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon XR2 chipset, but many questions about its specs and capabilities remain.

Hopefully those questions will all be answered in one week, because Samsung
is ready to start taking money for this headset. If you reserve a Moohan and that probably wont be the headsets final name Samsung will give you a $100 credit towards other Samsung gear, after you complete your purchase. What we know about Project Moohan: not much!

That tells us a few things. First, real products will be in hand soon.
Samsung probably wouldnt offer a pre-launch bonus for a product that wont be available until next year. Will the new headset be available on October 21? I hope so, but if its not Id expect it will be in hands for the holiday
shopping season.

Second, we have a slightly better idea of what Project Moohan might cost, or what it wont cost. That is - it wont be cheap. Samsung wouldnt give a $100 bonus for a headset that costs $500 and competes with Meta Quest 3. This is going to be a more expensive - and hopefully more capable - XR headset.

The results of Project Moohan will also launch Android XR, Googles new platform for XR software development. We dont know much about the apps and features that will launch with Android XR, but we can assume Samsung will be the first of many device partners for Android XR, just like Android.

When we say XR we usually mean a mix of virtual reality and augmented
reality. The latter involves using cameras to place virtual objects so they appear in your real world space. Of course, smart glasses are considered a holy grail for XR hardware developments. We havent seen smart glasses among the Project Moohan news and hints, but its possible we could learn more, or even see the first Samsung smart glasses, next week.

The Worlds Wide Open event is virtual, so you can watch on Samsungs YouTube channel but it wont be happening live. Well try to get our hands on the new Project Moohan Android XR headset as soon as we know what to call it, if not sooner, so check back next week to see if we know anything more. You might also like... Android XR comes out swinging with our first look at Samsung Project Moohan, but the VR headset just makes me want AR glasses more I tried Project Moohan and loved it, but only because of Google Gemini Samsung's Moohan XR headset could be landing soon, and I hope it makes me jealous



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/samsungs -new-android-xr-headset-is-coming-october-21-and-you-can-reserve-one-now


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