Today, Samsung introduced the Galaxy XR, marking a milestone as the inaugural device running on Android XR — Google’s cutting-edge operating system designed specifically for next-generation headsets and smart glasses.
What is Android XR?
Android XR seamlessly blends Gemini’s intelligent assistance with an acute awareness of your surroundings, revolutionizing the way you interact with AI assistants, applications, and games. The Galaxy XR headset offers users a pioneering glimpse into this immersive technology.
Experience Android XR on Galaxy XR
The Galaxy XR transforms your environment into an endless digital canvas, empowering you to explore apps alongside Gemini, your AI companion. It effortlessly toggles between fully immersive virtual spaces and the real world, allowing intuitive navigation through voice, gestures, and eye movements.
Thanks to Android’s vast ecosystem, you can fill this expansive display with your favorite Google Play apps, including:
- Popular streaming platforms such as Crunchyroll, HBO Max, and Peacock.
- Redesigned Google services including Maps, Photos, YouTube, Google TV, Chrome, and Meet.
- Immersive games from renowned developers like Mirrorscape, Owlchemy Labs, and Resolution Games.
- Over 50 new XR-specific experiences from Adobe, Calm, Fox Sports, MLB, and others.
Built on open standards like OpenXR, WebXR, and Unity, Android XR invites developers to push creative boundaries, promising a surge of innovative content in the near future.
Gemini: The Heart of Galaxy XR
The true magic of Galaxy XR lies in Gemini’s capabilities. Gemini Live comprehends your environment and activities in real time, facilitating seamless assistance and proactive engagement within your apps — all through natural conversation.
New Ways to Watch, Explore, and Create
Enjoy Movies and Memories
Turn any space into your personal cinema. With YouTube’s vast collection of immersive 180° and 360° VR videos, plus the new spatial tab for 3D content, entertainment reaches new heights. Google TV lets you watch films on a customizable, giant screen.
Google Photos offers a unique feature that transforms your entire 2D photo and video library into 3D memories, allowing you to relive moments like never before.
While enjoying content or gaming, Gemini can provide real-time information — for example, fetching player stats during a basketball highlight reel, enhancing your viewing experience effortlessly.
Explore Your World
With Google Maps in Android XR, explore the globe in stunning 3D Immersive View. Virtually stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or revisit familiar neighborhoods from your living room.
Gemini enriches exploration by answering questions about landmarks — simply gaze at a point of interest like the Colosseum and ask for its story.
The innovative Circle to Search feature lets you gather web-based information about virtual or real-world objects by simply circling them, keeping you engaged without interrupting your experience.
Create Your Ultimate Workspace
Galaxy XR offers an infinite workspace where multiple apps — from browsers to documents and music players — can be arranged freely around you. Organize Chrome tabs in elegant arcs, immerse yourself in Flow’s detailed environment, or join Google Meet calls with scalable video tiles for crystal-clear expressions.
New creative tools, including Adobe’s Project Pulsar for video editing and TopHatch’s Concepts for sketching, are available today. Pairing a keyboard and mouse or linking your PC enables a full desktop experience in this vast virtual space.
Gemini serves as your creative collaborator, helping organize your workspace on command. A simple “Hey Google, organize these windows” tidies your environment instantly, so you can focus on what matters.
Availability and Special Offers
Galaxy XR is available now for $1799 or $149 per month, purchasable at Samsung.com or Samsung Experience stores in the US and Korea. Demos are offered in Samsung stores and select Google Stores in New York and California.
For early adopters, the exclusive Explorer Pack (terms apply) grants a 12-month access to Google AI Pro, YouTube Premium, and Google Play Pass, plus a trial of YouTube TV or TVING Premium depending on your region. Sports fans receive NBA League Pass or Coupang Play Sports Pass, alongside access to premium apps like Status Pro’s NFL PRO ERA, Adobe’s Project Pulsar, Asteroid, and Calm.
The Future of Android XR
This launch is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more devices and groundbreaking experiences that Android XR will bring to life soon.
