XREAL Beam, Spatial Display Adapter/Dock, Portable TV Box for XREAL AR Glasses, Compatible with PlayStation 5/Switch/iPhone 15/SteamDeck/Mac/PC/Android/iOS/Video Glasses

I've had this beam for about a week now and we love it! Its much better than using a VR headset by far.... There are some critical details that other people missed... specifically the ability to install any android app to the device and how it wont charge while using it. Others mentioned that it only ships with netflix, prime, vlc and a file explorer app... and they'd be correct. However there is a super simple method used to install any apk file to this device that doesn't require anything other than the device itself. There's a youtube video from a few months back from Osama Alborbar that covers it. I do have some questions about charging, but my beam appears to charge while using it when plugged into devices like my steam deck. I believe the other reviewer is wrong about what he said entirely... xreal sells an adapter where you can charge and use video through usb-c at the same time. Either they had a terrible support agent or they simply made up this claim. I'm thinking its the latter. I was able to use and stream large 4k rips from my plex server directly to the beam. I was also able to install a comic book / manga reader and have it download new volumes directly to the headset. You can also plug the beam directly into your pc and drag files to it. It has about 20gb of storage available. CONS: The device can make a whining noise and get hot at times.. it makes me slightly concerned about its lifespan. I wouldn't drop it into a sealed pocket or backpack. Its a shame that the ability to resize and distance of the screen isn't built into the glasses.. that you need this $120 device to do it. HOWEVER, since I got these on sale during prime day for a total of $300 for the xreal airs and the beam.. its difficult to complain as the value is insane.

Don't get discouraged over the reviews here. I never write reviews but I felt the need to express just how cool this device is. First, you need to be part of the target audience for this. It's not for the minimalist. Do your research before deciding it it's right for you. Me personally, I love that I can wear these and have the screen on the bottom right corner and to about my day with hands off the device, and glancong down at the screen. It's almost like part of your world when you keep them on while walking around the house. Meaning the xreal glasses just make everything feel more organic with this option to move the screen to one of the 4 corners. The beam as an extended battery is an awesome idea and the screen mirror on my Samsung fold works flawlessly. My phone was on my 2nd floor of my house and I was able to to all the way down to my basement and not a single hiccup on the screen. Now that's sick. Do some house chores with these on and your world will change. My only gripe is that it seems like you can only use xreals USB c cables for this device. I tried to use some really good cables including a 100w one and the glasses would not turn on. No issues using the same USB to connect directly from my steam deck to my xreal glasses but through the beam, nope. Love this product and xreal if your listening, I would be very interested in testing out your future products like the xreal 2 air pro that's in China right now!

TL;DR: Skip this purchase unless you're using the glasses strictly for Netflix and/or Prime video, and don't mind low quality versions of that content. For everything else you'll probably happier connecting your glasses directly to your preferred video streaming/gaming device. Additional cables/adapters will likely be required, but they're cheaper than this device and work better in most respects in my opinion. Note most of the time I directly connect the glasses to a device without the Beam I won't have any audio. To correct this hold the brightness+ button for about 4 seconds. Once you've heard two beeps, release the button, the glasses go dark for a couple of seconds, and when the picture comes back you'll probably have audio, but it may be very low (this button press switches between USB audio and display/passthrough audio). To change the volume, press the brightness- button for a few seconds and then release. Now the brightness +/- buttons will controll the volume instead of the brightness. It's annoying to have to do this each time you use the glasses this way, but it only takes a few moments once you get used to it. --- Pros: I'll get the two good things I can say about this device out of the way first. The "smooth follow" mode definitely does make using the glasses while riding in a car nicer. Also, if you have the problem many of us do with the corners and/or sides of the glasses looking smeared or blury, then using the Beam to shrink the virtual screen down and away from the corners can help that a little. --- Possible Pros: If you have an iPhone, Samsung, or other Miracast compatible phone, then you can cast/stream video content from your phone to your glasses using the Beam. I don't have those devices so I can't say first hand how well that solution works. But I can say that my wife tried using her iPhone that way and really didn't see the appeal. The idea that you have to look under your glasses at your phone to tell where your touching to make something happen on the glasses seems much less elegant than using something like a Roku or Google TV where you have a remote with tactile feedback so that you don't need to look at it to navigate the content on the glasses. --- Cons: 1) Unless you're in a cold room the Beam gets very hot to the touch during long sessions. And I mean HOT. So hot that I'm not sure how the plastic doesn't melt. (Definitely don't drop this thing in a backpack and just run the cables out) It even gives you a warning message on your glasses saying the unit is shutting down soon because it's too hot - then it shuts down pretty soon thereafter. If you were playing a game, you'd barely have enough time to get to a stopping point and save before it abruptly shuts off. 2) There's only one USB-C input. That input can be used to either charge the device or take video input from another device, but not both (at least not very well). I've tried three different cables/solutions to combine charging and display input into that one USB-C port and so far the best I've gotten is the newer model Fairikabe HDMI to USB-C converter cable that has a USB-C cable for power input. But, even that cable only draws 4W from the USB-C to send down to the Beam. Considering the Beam draws 18W from a normal USB-C cable during charging, the power demands are still greater than the power being delivered to it by the Fairikabe cable. So, the Fairikabe cable can help, but the Beam is still going to run out of power eventually - if it doesn't overheat and shutdown first (they may have intentionally designed it with only one USB-C port just to avoid more heat from charging and video processing at the same time). 3) Using the Beam by itself would be a good experience if there were more apps and they worked in a higher resolution. Currently there's only Netflix, Primve Video, and VLC player for those geeky enough to download videos to the device to play offline. And none of the usual Google services or components are included on the devices. So even side loading YouTube isn't really an option. On top of that, the Netflix and Prime Video apps play in lower than HD resolution (sometimes looking passible, but often looking like old SD television). From what I've read on the issue, it all stems from the fact that all the big players in streaming require special chipsets (DRM/Widevine) to prevent piracy before they'll allow HD content. Supposedly the Beam doesn't have those chipsets. If that's true, then streaming services are never going to look any better using the Beam on its own so it will never be an option for me. Now that I've noticed the low resolution I can't unsee it. I'd rather cram a bunch of cables, adapters, and power bank together to connect a Roku or Google TV to the glasses than to use the Beam for watching Netflix/Prime. 4) Using the Beam with gaming is a bit laggy. Even using something as simple as a side scrolling platformer like Dead Cells, if you compare the experience of using the glasses directly connected to the console (using the previously mentioned Fairikabe cable), and then with the Beam connected between the console and the glasses, there's a slight delay between button presses and their respective actions on screen when you're using the Beam. There's also a bit of screen stutter during moments where the whole screen moves too quickly. This is no doubt due to the extra processing being done on the video source by the Beam to allow use of its "spacial display" features: slow follow, body lock, etc. --- Conclusion: I'm not sure what XREAL was thinking with this device. More baffling to me than selling it with all these shortcomings in place is that, knowing all these shortcomings, they didn't release an updated model of the Beam with the recent updated model of their glasses. If they do release a new version of the Beam with these issues corrected, I'd be happy to give it a try. But, I'd advise everyone steer clear of this version. I've spent almost as much on cables and adapters trying to power this thing while using it with a better streaming device than I did on the Beam itself. And, considering it overheats anyway, I think I'd rather just use those cables and adapters to connect a better streaming device directly to the glasses and leave the Beam at home. I wish I'd sent it back during my refund window.

I was very excited when I got my glasses as a present. I was so bummed when I used them and the screen by defualt is so big that you can't see the entire screen without moving the glasses around. I had to pick if I wanted to see the top of the screen or the bottom of the screen when I played games. Its not that you can't physically see it, but its blurry. The sides have the same issue as well. I play WoW and I have to change my interface around and basically put everything closer to the center of the screen so I could see it all without moving the glasses around.......Anyways, the beam solved all those problems. Being able to change the screen size has been the best pro so far. I was able to reduce the screen size and move the screen farther away from me. Now I can see the entire screen at once. Using body anchor mode I can just keep the screen full size and move my head around the see the top, bottom and sides clearly. Not sure if it was mentioned but apparently you can download apps to the beam as well. I used Netflix with just the beam and glasses the other day to watch a movie. Thats the downside though. Not sure if its a beam issue or app issue but the video would sometimes get pre 2000's webcam quality. Audio never had an issue but the video would shutter. You can use the beam as a pointer when using apps, and that seems to be the biggest time when the video will shutter. With the right adapters you can charge it while using it, depending on what you're using it on. However it is very slow and will eventually die anyways over long usage. I put it to the test last weekend and I was able to play WoW with the Beam and glasses for 8 hours before the Beam said it was overheating and needed to shut off. I let it cool down and it still have 21% battery remaining. My only complaint is that Xreal should have just included these features in the glasses and not make us buy another device.

First off, I mostly like the xreal pro 2 glasses. The beam is garbage. It does what is claims, but the experience is awful. I hate the fact that you have to connect it to the internet before you can even use it so it can download an update. I suspect it'll "require" timed reconnections for no reason in the future too. Why wouldn't this device have a normal hdmi input? That's pretty standard still. I didnt remove stars for this but it's annoying as hell finding the various cables and adapters to get it to work with different devices. The fan is extremely irritating. High pitched whine, sort of like a malfunctioning refrigerator. You can't really tuck it away either because the beam will start to overheat. The screen size adjustment works. Smooth follow and body anchor suck in my opinion. It is much better using devices and the glasses plugged in through a different hdmi to usb c display adapter (sold by other companies) connected to an external power brick. The default display mode is center fixed when done this way, and is better in my opinion. Even if it crops a bit. The battery drains pretty fast for how bulky it is. And no charging while connected to devices, why not add another port? idk. The click wheel and functions are just okay. There should be a switch for the mode function (body anchor, smooth follow) so it stays that way for good and can't get bumped. The power button is a joke, and feels like it will for sure break. But I'm certain the entire device will die first (and I expect relatively quickly based on the poor design). I would not buy again

I could see how this not being included with the glasses might get under someone's skin because it is so useful it feels like it must be standard. I've had my Nreal glasses since before the company became Xreal and if it weren't for this product getting such low reviews, I would have bought it a long time ago, instead of waiting for a sale like I did. If you don't knkw anything about casting, mirroring your screen, this product is probably not for you because that is what it does. For me, this was the missing piece to connect to my awindows comouter wirelessly. It wasn't difficult but it was confusing because there should be 3 seperate ways to get this thing to work, wifi, Bluetooth, or wired, but the only way I am able to get it to work is as an external display, which is fine, because it works. Sometimes reviews can be frustrating because this thing is exactly what it says it is, it's a huge improvement from operating the glasses without it, and $100 isn't that insane considering it turns your glasses into a wireless display. The unit heats up hot enough that it has a fan... like a computer fan... thing gets hot enough to use as a handwarmer... or personal space heater... but I wouldn't say that makes we want to deduct a star from the review, just don't leave it covered, it's gonna need to stay exposed to air. Good product, wish it did come with the original glasses but oh well.

I'll start with the good … The three spatial display modes are a nice addition to the glasses. I am not someone who gets nauseous easily when doing VR. I use direct movement at top speed in games with no issue. However, wearing the Air 2 Pros to watch a movie while walking on the treadmill, or while enduring a bouncy car ride, both gave me a headache and made me a bit queasy. The Beam's 'Body Anchor' and 'Smooth Follow' modes solved that. I used 'Body Anchor' while on the treadmill and in the car, and 'Smooth Follow' when I went outside for a walk. Both of which prevented any negative effects. The Sideview mode was nice for around the house while I was cleaning up, doing laundry, etc. The Screen size was adjustable from 104 inches to 140 inches, or 32 inches to 330 inches with distance control enabled. This allowed me to perfectly size the screen so that I could have it fill my field of view without getting blurry at the edges, which is a common complaint from XReal glasses users. The Beam also allowed me to play my Nintendo Switch, which doesn't natively/directly support the glasses. The battery life seemed to last longer than the 3.5 hours stated in the specs. I watched 5 hours of video on my iPhone 15 and it was still at 40%. I was running the headset at 72Hz and didn't have DTSX or screen distance control enabled, and I was using my iPhone for audio, so that may be why. I did notice the battery drop much faster when I used the speakers built-in to the glasses. Now, the bad … I experienced a noticeable audio delay with every wired source I tried (iPhone 15, Nintendo Switch, SteamDeck) when listening to audio through the speakers built-in to the glasses. The delay was more noticeable when the Beam was set to a 72Hz refresh rate. Setting the refresh rate to 90Hz was more tolerable, but it didn't eliminate the delay completely. Setting the Beam to 90Hz also eliminates the ability to control the screen distance, which reduces the granularity with which you can adjust the screen. The glasses have no delay when plugged directly in to the iPhone 15 or the SteamDeck, and using wireless headphones (airPods) attached to the source devices also produced audio with no delay. The speakers in the XReal Pro's are pretty decent, and that's primarily what I used when I was wired directly to devices. Being forced to use headphones because of the audio delay is a real negative. The wireless connection feature doesn't support DRM (this is stated on the product page). To watch any DRM content (streaming or purchased/downloaded locally) you have to be using a wired connection, or use the included apps (Amazon and Netflix) which I did not try. If you only intend to watch TikTok or YouTube videos and have an unlimited phone plan this might be fine for you. For me, this made the wireless aspect pretty useless as I need to not be dependent on access to 4G/5G when traveling. The battery life is pretty poor in comparison to phones and newer mobile gaming consoles. I would have thought it would have been sized to match the sources it's intended to be used with. You can't charge the device while using it unless you are using the wireless connection (which as I said is pretty limited). This was a terrible design decision. Overall, it's a pretty expensive device for what it does. It also complicates the nice, simple glasses-only setup. Unless you’re a Nintendo Switch owner or someone who needs the spatial display modes to comfortably use the glasses I'd skip the Beam for now.

The Xreal Beam is a remarkable accessory for the Xreal Air AR Glasses, bringing wireless connectivity and portability to the augmented reality experience. Using the Beam with Air Glasses was indeed a wireless treat. The setup with devices like Samsung Fold 4 was super easy with on screen instructions. The modes available are great but my favorite is the anchored mode in whicn the screen doesnt move and stays in the stop you designate....this is a money feature for a windows PC....I work on a windows laptop for several hours using the xreal and this really helped my eyes focus on letters without having to chase them. It's also important to note that the device tends to get quite hot during use, and its internal fan, although efficient, could be a bit distracting in quiet environments. Priced at $119, it is a bit steep, but it's worth if you plan on using it for work with a windows pc.

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Entiendo que al inicio las capacidades estaban muy limitadas pero desde que se pueden instalar apps de Android este aparato le ha dado un gran valor a los lentes XReal. Originalmente los compré para jugar Nintendo Switch pero ahora lo utilizo principalmente para ver películas sin conexión a internet. En los vuelos he podido ver horas y horas de contenido en gran calidad y también ver películas de mi videoteca personal. Nunca me han fallado y la batería dura suficiente para ver al menos 3 películas. Lo recomiendo muchísimo

If you have a pair of Xreal Air or Air 2, you need that thing to connect to everything and do more with your AR glasses, but else than that it is not impressive in tech or feature. It become very hot very fast, burn batteries in no time, and it feels like a tech that was made 5-10 years ago... I regret buying Air 2 glasses, and hope the next Xreal generation will be better and won't require the beam.

It's interesting to watch Netflix with only this device and the Xreal glasses. I like it a lot. But... This thing becomes so hot I have a hard time keeping it in my shirt pocket. Also, for whatever reason, playing games from my gaming laptop through the Beam is next to impossible to play. It's like playing in 20 fps per seconds. The image is so choppy... But the laptop itself plays all games very nicely, so the problem comes surely from the Beam. Netflix and gaming were the most 2 things I wanted to do with it. So, kind of a bummer for me. Anyway... I guess I'll keep it even if I'm not totally satisfied with it because watching movies with this thing is quite nice.

Unless you don't own a tv don't even bother with it or the glasses. An incomplete product and not worth the price. I got a quest 2 after buying it and it made me regret ever buying the xreal