Xreal’s Newest Glasses Get Higher and Cheaper. And There’s a Switch Dock, Too

Smart glasses are in a interval of quickly accelerating change, and fast updates appear to be the norm. My favourite show glasses final yr, the Xreal One, gained me over as a result of they’ve nice shows with tons of adjustment choices, together with the power to pin a show in place. The new Xreal 1S, which I noticed forward of CES 2026, does these glasses one higher with extra gaming-focused show updates and higher decision. But the perfect half is that I’m now connecting them with a Nintendo Switch 2, because of Xreal’s new $100 Neo mini-dock.

The $450 Xreal 1S is, in reality, higher total than the costlier Xreal One Pro, which continues to be on sale. The Pro has a unique and flatter lens system that retains glare down when it is worn. All these glasses nonetheless use “birdbath” shows that venture vivid micro OLED photographs above your eyes all the way down to you by way of half-mirrored prisms, however the Xreal 1S’s shows have a barely bigger 52-degree area of view (up from 50), 700 nits of brightness (100 greater than earlier than) and a 16:10 ratio, 1,200-pixel decision. That’s higher than the Pro’s 1080p decision, and it is in a ratio that matches gaming show modes higher.

Watch this: Xreal’s New Glasses and Dock Play Nicely With the Nintendo Switch

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I’ve been attempting a pair with prescription insert lenses (the 1S works with the identical inserts because the Xreal One), and so they look nice. Xreal additionally up to date its onboard processing methods, including computerized 3D media conversion by way of the glasses’ personal chipset. The mode, which is in beta, feels fairly tough, although. Steam Deck and Switch video games (or motion pictures, or your personal cellphone display) can look 3D, however the autoconversion is imprecise and considerably lowers the body price on every part.

The 1S could be my prime decide now over the Xreal One Pro, if it weren’t for the truth that I just like the One Pro’s lenses higher. But it is seemingly that Xreal will replace the Pro with the 1S’ new shows someday quickly. You would possibly wish to wait.

What I like much more than the glasses replace is the Neo battery pack. It’s a brand new $100 mini-dock that acts as a passthrough converter to work with the Nintendo Switch. It works with current Xreal glasses in addition to the brand new 1S, and I’m already loving how moveable it’s. Unlike the Steam Deck, Windows handhelds and telephones and laptops, the Switch would not work natively with show glasses. But Xreal discovered a workaround in some way that features high-quality, even with Nintendo’s lockdown firmware. 

The 10,000-mAh battery pack can be utilized to cost something and move video by means of by way of USB-C. There’s a magnet on the again that snaps onto telephones, and a kickstand too — however the Neo would not have contactless charging. You have to attach utilizing a built-in USB-C cable.

This is not my first time enjoying Switch video games utilizing show glasses and a dock. Last yr, I attempted Viture’s related 10,000-mAh dock, which is appropriate with the Switch and Switch 2. Neither firm’s dock works with the opposite’s glasses for Switch gaming, although, which is a bummer. Viture’s battery dock permits two glasses to attach without delay, but it surely’s nearly twice the dimensions. I like that the Neo is about as small as every other battery pack I sometimes take with me.

If solely these docks weren’t awkward to attach, although. Xreal does its greatest, however the Switch 2 solely helps video-out by means of its backside USB-C port, not the highest one. The Neo comes with a magnetic sticker you may placed on the again of the Switch, permitting you to snap it onto the Neo in kickstand mode. This permits it to hover within the air barely, so you may plug within the cable beneath. But the Switch in docked mode solely works with Joy-Con controllers indifferent, so you will should relaxation the entire Switch setup subsequent to you.

I like the expertise as soon as it is all arrange, however utilizing the dock is probably going a step too far for most individuals — even when they like the thought of gaming with glasses on a Switch 2. But I’ll let you know it appears like enjoying in a bit house theater, and video games I’ve tried look nice in micro OLED. Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders play fantastically. The just one that has had efficiency points up to now is Metroid Prime 4, which slows down and turns into unplayable utilizing the Neo dock. Also odd: The Switch 2 stored asking me if I needed to replace the dock’s firmware, which would not work anyway. (I mentioned no.) Clearly, the Switch 2 would not precisely kind an ideal handshake right here.

But I critically hope Nintendo works in glasses help on the subsequent Switch 2, as a result of Xreal and Viture have already proven me that it may be enjoyable… for those who really feel motivated to purchase show glasses and a dock that price greater than the Switch 2 itself.