What can we say? It’s $25 and, again, you get what you pay for. Outside China (where it’s even cheaper at c. $14) this isn’t the mobile VR headset to slay the quality, affordable competition from Samsung and Google. And because it’s Xiaomi, you will have to jump through a few hoops to get started. Still, the design offers some improvements over the last Mi VR Play, so maybe next time, Xiaomi will nail it.

Xiaomi has a whole range of mobile VR headsets now, the best of which is the Xiaomi Mi VR, its Gear VR-alike which comes as a full headset with a bundled controller.

You can pick one of those up for $29 but maybe you want to shave off a bit more money and check out the smaller, lighter £19.20/$25 Mi VR Play 2? This is Xiaomi’s Daydream View-style headset with a very similar design but no accessory here.
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