If, like me, you have a pair of XR glasses, you’ll know how superb they are for entertainment – both at home when you want to lie back in bed with your screen hovering effortlessly above you, or when you travel and you’d like to stay entertained with a big screen experience that’s like your own private movie theatre.
You’ll also know, however, that XR specs can have a major drawback: battery life.
The non-standalone glasses I’m talking about – from the likes of Xreal, RayNeo, Virtue, and the like – don’t have a battery of their own. Instead, they suck the juice out of the phone / laptop / console they’re connected to, and severely limit how long your tech can last.
The solution is simple: you’ll need something like this RayNeo USB-C to Glasses Charging Adapter.
While designed for RayNeo specs, it should work just fine with other glasses brands, and it introduces an essential second USB-C port. This means you can have your glasses and a charging cable (up to 100W) connected to your gadget at the same time – rather than having to choose one or the other.
As someone who regularly tests XR specs, an adapter like this one is an essential add-on as it makes your home theater experience last for much longer, provided you have a power source available. Before owning one, I found my phone might lose its charge after only a few hours, which isn’t ideal (either for keeping entertained or being able to use it at my destination).
There are other gadgets too, like the Xreal Beam Pro that offer a similar utility, but it is a fair bit pricier, starting at $199 at Amazon, as it’s more than an adapter – it’s a full-on smartphone-like device powered by Android.
Though you could also instead opt for the XREAL Hub, which is just $39.99 at Amazon – it can only support 45W charging, but boasts 120Hz refresh rate passthrough – or hold out for the Xreal Neo.
This adapter-meets-battery-pack means you can keep charging your connected device while not near a power source, and introduces support for the Nintendo Switch 2 – a handheld which isn’t compatible with standard smart specs and the other two adapters I’ve listed.
Unfortunately, the Neo isn’t available yet, but should be landing in late February at a price of $119 at Xreal’s store – unless its early bird $99 cost sticks around a little longer.
Whichever option you go for, I’m certain you won’t regret it.
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