The Galaxy S25 will be the star of Samsung's Unpacked event in mid-January, but the keynote might bring a few more interesting surprises. One is the Galaxy S25 Slim, an ultra-thin version of the Galaxy S25 that will compete against the upcoming iPhone 17 Air. The other surprise announcement that might drop at the end of the main Galaxy S25 presentation is Samsung's first XR headset, which has been in the making for at least a couple of years. A report a few days ago said the XR headset will not be the Vision Pro rival we once thought it might be. Instead, Samsung is focused on smart glasses like Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. We may have even seen a prototype of the Samsung device during Google's Gemini presentation at I/O in May (pictured below). We now have a different leak from South Korea that provides a timeline for the Samsung XR headset. The gadget might be unveiled at Unpacked, but Samsung won't release it until the second half of 2025. More interesting is a claim that the XR headset will feature augmented reality (AR) capabilities. Continue reading... The post Samsung XR headset is coming in 2025, and it sounds more ambitious than we thought appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Early Black Friday deals: Nintendo Switch games, $249 Oura Ring 3, $25 Crock-Pot, $100 Beats Pill, more Black Friday blowout: 15% off PS5, $154 AirPods Pro, doorbuster deals, Beats headphones, Narwal Freo Z Ultra, more Today’s deals: $279 iPad 10, 20% off gift cards, huge Sonos sale, ultimate DEWALT power tool set, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales