The Morning After: Samsung’s Galaxy XR enters the chat
Plus, we review the new M5 iPad Pro and MacBook Pro.
Senior Editor
This week, Samsung showed off Galaxy XR, its Vision Pro-troubling headset, and you can bet we’ve done a deep dive. Sam Rutherford got one of these strapped to his head and has plenty of feelings about the new hardware.
The
headset is lighter, more comfortable and easier to live with than
Apple’s Vision Pro, even if it lacks many of its headline features. The
software ecosystem is already pretty broad, thanks to Google making a
real effort with Android XR, but dedicated apps are still a bit rare.
Samsung’s
entry into the market might provide some much-needed impetus for this
type of augmented reality headset. That it’s half the price of Apple’s
Vision Pro may also loosen some wallets eager to get into this world.
But
it’s hard not to see this as Samsung running down the same cul-de-sac
Apple is now lurking at the end of. It has allowed other companies, like
Meta, to waltz in and grab an early lead in the much more useful smart
glasses market.
— Dan Cooper
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