Samsung could launch its ‘extended reality’ wearable device next year

It appears like Samsung is hoping to launch its prolonged actuality (XR) wearable gadget someday subsequent yr. The corporate has revealed its outlook for 2025 in its new earnings report, whereby it stated that it is seeking to “enhance connectivity amongst merchandise, together with upcoming XR gadgets, to additional elevate person experiences within the Galaxy ecosystem.” Samsung first revealed that it was working on a wearable device with augmented, blended and digital actuality capabilities on the Galaxy S23 Unpacked occasion final yr. It is going to run a Google-designed model of Android particularly made for wearable shows, and it is going to be powered by a Qualcomm chip.

As 9to5Google notes, earlier experiences claimed that Samsung will launch a developer model of the wearable in October 2024, however that clearly did not occur. Samsung did not share extra concrete particulars in regards to the gadget’s launch in its earnings report both, so there is not any assure that the wearable will likely be accessible by subsequent yr.

Through the firm’s earnings convention name, Samsung EVP Jaejune Kim additionally alluded to the opportunity of growing a extra inexpensive foldable cellphone. Kim stated that as a result of its foldable gadgets “have excessive ranges of product satisfaction,” the corporate is “contemplating methods to ease buy boundaries” in order that extra folks can afford one. A Samsung official previously denied rumors {that a} cheaper Galaxy Z Fold was within the works, so it is not fairly clear if the corporate modified its thoughts or if it is solely engaged on a less expensive model of the Z Flip. As well as, Kim revealed that Samsung is “making ready a brand new kind issue” for these “searching for an much more highly effective and progressive cell expertise,” although he can also be pertaining to the corporate’s prolonged actuality wearable gadget.

After all, Samsung has confirmed that it is going to be launching the S25 sequence of telephones subsequent yr. It reiterated plans to concentrate on AI options, in addition to to enhance AI choices designed particularly for foldable telephones.