• Samsung is working on an extended reality device alongside Google and Qualcomm.

• The device, which was due to be unveiled in 2024, appears to have hit a roadblock. According to Samsung, its launch is still “planned in the future”.

• Samsung’s latest earnings report hints at the device’s potential release in 2025.

It’s an open secret that Samsung and Google have something going on in the extended reality (XR) department, with Qualcomm also involved to some extent.

Samsung Chairman TM Roh confirmed in early 2023 that the South Korean tech giant was I’m working on an XR device, saying that it was “coming there”, signaling the arrival of the device in the near future. 2023 has come and gone, but we haven’t heard much about Samsung’s extended reality device. Apple, on the other hand, presented its Vision Pro and subsequently I released it in 2024.

Earlier this year, we learned that Samsung had initially planned to launch the XR headset in the first quarter of 2024, likely to compete with the Apple Vision Pro. That didn’t come to fruition either. Subsequently, it was reported that a developer version of its headset would be released in October 2024. Today is Halloween, October 31, and it does not appear that an early version of the headset has reached the developers.

At the time, insiders suggested that the consumer version of the headset would ultimately launch in the first quarter of 2025, potentially in March. Qualcomm then offered additional context, suggesting that the device under development would offer a mixed reality experience with the wearable form factor of smart glasses.

XR device will ‘strengthen connectivity’ between Samsung products

Although the chip giant hasn’t given any indication on the device’s potential launch, the 2025 timeline now appears to offer the highest likelihood of release, especially after what Samsung just noted in its latest earnings report.

For starters, the tech giant confirmed that the Galaxy S25 series will launch in the first half of 2025, which matches previous release cycles for the flagship S series. Samsung also confirmed plans to improve its Galaxy suite of features AI “to drive innovation in everyday life” and to help drive sales of the series.

In the same section, Samsung highlighted that it plans to further improve its Samsung Health ecosystem with the Galaxy Ring, but more importantly, it wants to “strengthen the connectivity experience between (its) products, like the XR device (extended Reality) planned to be launched in the future. The statement was part of a section that wasn’t explicitly titled “Outlook 2025,” but it certainly read that way.

Elsewhere, in a separate earnings conference call highlighted by @Jukanlosreve (via 9to5Google), Samsung has indicated its desire to offer less expensive foldable products in the future, going so far as to say that it is “considering ways to lower barriers to entry so that more customers can truly experience foldable products “. Its goal with traditional (expensive) foldables remains to make them thinner and lighter, with a “differentiated, premium cover screen design” for the upcoming Z Flip models.