Analysis · Samsung
Samsung's Android XR glasses are real — and they're targeting Vision Pro
Codename 'Moohan' is heading for a December 2025 launch. Here's what we know.
Samsung XR mixed-reality headset prototype
The Samsung-Google-Qualcomm partnership announced eighteen months ago is finally producing hardware. Samsung's Moohan headset, the first device running Android XR, is now in late-stage testing with a target launch in December 2025.
Specs leaked this week point to a Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, dual 4K micro-OLED panels, eye and hand tracking on par with Vision Pro, and a price between $1,500 and $1,800. The pitch is straightforward: Vision Pro performance at two-thirds the price, with the entire Android app ecosystem ported to spatial.
Google is doing the heavy lifting on software. Gemini runs natively on the device. YouTube, Maps, and a spatial version of Chrome are confirmed at launch. Third-party developers get a familiar Android XR SDK that builds on Jetpack Compose.
The risk for Samsung is the same one Apple ran into: nobody buys a $1,700 headset for Maps. The launch lineup matters. Watch for a games announcement at Galaxy Unpacked in October.
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