- Samsung teases Mission Moohan is coming in second half of 2025
- The headset was beforehand given a 2025 launch 12 months
- It would not title Moohan immediately, so it might be launching totally different {hardware}
We had suspected Samsung’s Mission Moohan headset, which it’s engaged on in collaboration with Google and its Android XR platform, would arrive someday in late 2025, and Samsung principally simply confirmed that’s the case.
Throughout its latest Q1 2025 earnings report, the tech large shared particulars about its monetary state of affairs and, extra importantly for us, details about its {hardware} releases scheduled for later this 12 months.
It confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge could be launching in Q2 – so someday within the subsequent couple of months – and revealed that it’ll “discover new merchandise corresponding to XR,” within the second half of the 12 months.
Whereas Samsung doesn’t explicitly point out Moohan by title, earlier, extra direct feedback concerning the headset have already teased that the machine could be touchdown this 12 months, so this assertion is probably going referring to its launch.
Although it may be teasing the launch of another XR {hardware}, just like the just lately revealed Android XR glasses.
What do I hope the Android XR headset will provide?
It’s a tad irritating that Samsung nonetheless has but to offer us a agency launch window, choosing a six-month time-frame, teasing a launch someday in late 2025.
So whereas we wait, let’s go over what we need to see from the headset when it’s ultimately proven off, and what leaks help these Android XR desires.
One thing tells us this headset received’t be low-cost, with some early experiences suggesting Samsung is one thing within the $1,000 / £1,000 / AU$ 1,500 vary (similar to the Meta Quest Professional). So, if it is going to be pricey, no less than give us some spectacular efficiency and skills to justify the price.
I’d love for this headset to really feel like a wearable laptop computer from a productiveness perspective – and in contrast to the Imaginative and prescient Professional, it might ideally obtain this objective with out you needing a MacBook add-on.
I would like to have the ability to seamlessly navigate Google Workspace apps like Sheets and Drive, in addition to third-party productiveness apps that make the most of blended actuality, to assist me work extra simply than if I have been simply sitting at my regular desk.
It’ll have to be cozy too. I’m positive to have a battery pack in my pocket to assist trim some weight from the core machine, as a result of I would like this headset to really feel like I can put on it for hours with no hassle, somewhat than it being a ache in my neck.
Fortunately, early testers have all claimed that the prototype isn’t too uncomfortable, due to its adjustable straps and well-shaped face, so right here’s hoping the primary product is cozy too.
Subsequent up, I would like this machine to be a flexible machine. I don’t need it to be pigeonholed into productiveness, or leisure, or another XR use. I would like it to be a jack-of-all-trades just like the Meta Quest 3.
This implies it must have a broad vary of worthwhile apps, which is crucial for any profitable VR headset. It additionally wants a design that’s well-suited for sporting whereas at a desk or in your sofa, in addition to whereas figuring out and being energetic.
So, past being light-weight like I touched on above, it wants to make use of an easy-to-clean materials (like silicone) for elements like its facial interface somewhat than cloth, so it doesn’t absorb sweat.
We’ll have to attend and see what Samsung has up its sleeve, however with its launch date set for a while later this 12 months it’s solely a matter of time earlier than we see the machine in motion and may determine if it’s the best-in-class XR machine I hope it will likely be.
