At its Galaxy Unpacked occasion this week Samsung appeared to provide a timeline for its upcoming Android XR headset.
Throughout the occasion Samsung’s President and Head of the Cell Expertise Enterprise TM Roh referenced the “new XR platform coming this yr”, and Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms and Gadgets Rick Osterloh confirmed Google continues to be concerned.
Again in November South Korean newspaper The JoongAng reported Samsung was planning to announce the headset at an occasion within the second half of 2024 then launch it in December, and UploadVR independently confirmed that Samsung informed builders it plans to launch in late 2024.
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These revelations and statements did not come out of the blue.
In early 2023 Samsung formally introduced it was engaged on an XR headset, with Google dealing with the system software program by way of a brand new variant of Android, now recognized to be referred to as Android XR, and Qualcomm offering the chipset.
At first of this yr Qualcomm confirmed that chip will probably be Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, a higher-end variant of the bottom XR2 Gen 2 utilized in Meta Quest 3.
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Qualcomm simply introduced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, a higher-end variant of the chipset utilized in Quest 3.
Eventually yr’s I/O Google mentioned it will “share extra” about Android XR and Samsung partnership later that yr, however that did not find yourself taking place. This can be as a result of Samsung reportedly delayed and redesigned the headset in response to the reveal of Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional only one month after, which seemingly exceeded its expectations. It is attainable this additionally led Google to revamp or change the priorities of Android XR.
Whereas Samsung would be the first {hardware} maker to make use of Android XR, The Info reported that Google has additionally been pitching it to different {hardware} makers – although there have been no studies of different firms but accepting. In the meantime Meta too is courting {hardware} companions, just lately netting ASUS and Lenovo.
