All in all, it looks like Android XR will be a pretty good-looking and easy-to-use operating system. We’ll have to wait until 2025 to see it in a device, and it seems like it will be worth the wait.

Android XR software will underpin the XR headsets and glasses hardware, giving them access to Play Store apps that you won't get on other platforms — mainly Meta's Horizon OS on Quest.

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Jetpack XR, which is now in developer preview, lets mobile or large screen Android app devs create spatialized layouts with the help of 3D models and immersive environments.

Android XR’s approach is much better for a market like XR headsets. Again, this industry is still growing into its own at the moment despite having some rather neat devices already.

Android XR is official as the platform for extended reality from Google, has Qualcomm and Samsung already building things, and could debut its own fashion-forward glasses in the future.

Based on some videos of the platform, Android XR will pretty much look like Android but with floating UI elements. Android XR aims to be to XR devices what Android is to smartphones and tablets.

We know Android XR is a real product since that designation appears in the code of Google’s Play Store, alongside similar references to a phone, foldable, tablet, TV, and more.