Google today announced Android XR, a new core branch of Android, designed as a spatial operating system for XR headsets and glasses. The company is pitching this as a comprehensive spatial computing ...

Google today announced the launch of Android XR, an operating system created for extended reality (XR) headsets and smart glasses. Android XR is Google's equivalent of visionOS, the operating system ...

Google LLC today debuted Android XR, a new operating system for virtual reality and augmented devices. The software will initially ship with headsets. Down the road, Google will also enable hardware ...

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Today, Google announced Android XR, a brand new operating system for AR/VR devices. The company hopes Android XR can unify the messy XR hardware industry, similar to what Android did for smartphones.

Previously, I discussed how Google's decision to merge ChromeOS and Android marks a critical moment for the company. While this merger is a positive step forward, it raises an important question: Can ...

Google is working on a multi-year project to fully migrate Chrome OS to Android as part of an effort to better compete with Apple's iPad, according to a new report from Android Authority citing an ...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google unveiled the Android operating system 16 years ago today, on Nov. 5, 2007. While it looked barebones at the time, Google's decision to embrace open ...

The /e/OS Foundation has been offering a de-Googled version of Android since 2018, with an emphasis on privacy and security. Now developers have introduced the biggest update in years. Among other ...

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