Xreal 1S Video Glasses Return to $399 as Beats, Sonos and Capcom Deals Also Surface
Xreal's 1S video glasses have returned to $399 at Amazon and Xreal, their lowest price, The Verge reported. The roundup also includes a $99.99 Beats Pill, $279 refurbished Sonos Ace headphones and a Fanatical Capcom game bundle.
The 1S is among the most affordable pairs of video glasses with three degrees of freedom, letting users anchor the virtual screen to a spot in the room instead of having it jolt with every small head movement. The Verge reported that its 3DoF implementation feels less buggy than competitors. The glasses also have better sound quality than the A01 Plus and most non-Xreal video glasses, plus electrochromic lenses with adjustable opacity to let in as much or as little light as the user wants.
The 1S are listed at $399 at Amazon and Xreal after a regular price of $449. Best Buy lists the glasses at $449.99. The deal is one of several discounts and product notes in the same report.
Not everyone will have a fantastic out-of-the-box experience with the Xreal 1S screen clarity. The Verge reviewer, who is nearsighted, needed prescription lenses to see things clearly. This model does not offer hardware-based myopia dials like Viture's $299 Pro 2. The Pro 2's clarity was incredible without lenses for the reviewer, though that pair lacks most of the premium features of the 1S.
The latest version of the Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker has returned to $99.99, originally $149.99, in every color at Amazon, Best Buy and Target. It does not often go below this sale price, though it has on rare occasion. While it shares the iconic design of past iterations, former Verge audio reviewer Chris Welch said in his 2024 review that this edition is "more than just a lazy remaster." It includes lossless audio support over USB-C, and its features work natively across Android and iOS. It can work as a speakerphone, and it has an IP67 rating for protection against water and dust. It also looks nicer than most of its competitors, according to the report.
The Sonos Ace Ultra headphones will launch in just a couple of weeks, costing $449. That is how much buyers will have to pay to get wireless headphones that let them swap audio with almost any other Sonos speaker. For those who are all right with the simpler TV Audio Swap feature, the original Ace headphones might be good enough, and refurbished models are almost $200 less than the Ace Ultra. Sonos is selling refurbished Ace headphones for $279 in white or black, with a one-year warranty and in "good as new" condition.
People with a Steam Deck or a gaming PC and an interest in affordable games can check out a Capcom-themed game bundle builder at Fanatical. Buyers can get any two games in the list for $12.99, or add more to get deeper discounts per game. The assortment includes titles such as many of the latest Resident Evil games, excluding Requiem or the RE4 remake, and multi-game collections from the Ace Attorney, Mega Man and Devil May Cry series, among others. The report described it as a good opportunity to catch up on a bunch of Steam games or round out a collection with two extras.