Samsung’s upcoming headset might be delayed once more.
In early 2023 Samsung officially announced it was engaged on an XR headset, with Google dealing with the system software program through a brand new variant of Android, now recognized to be known as Android XR, and Qualcomm offering the chipset, which it later introduced as Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, a higher-end variant of the bottom XR2 Gen 2 utilized in Meta Quest 3.
In July 2024 Samsung publicly announced its XR
platform” is coming “this 12 months” and Google confirmed it is nonetheless concerned.
Earlier stories paint Samsung’s headset as an Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional competitor, and Day by day Korea reports that Samsung not feels an urgency to launch it quickly given LG withdrawing from its plan to launch a high-end Meta Horizon OS headset in 2025 and Apple reportedly suspending work on Vision Pro 2 to give attention to a less expensive headset first.
Day by day Korea’s report comes two months after Enterprise Insider’s Hugh Langley, who beforehand revealed the existence of the Android XR working system earlier than it was publicly recognized, reported that the headset had been delayed to March 2025, with developer package distribution deliberate for October. Day by day Korea references this early reporting and suggests the headset is now delayed even additional.
Just some days earlier than Langley’s report, Samsung publicly announced its XR “platform” was coming “this 12 months” and Google confirmed it is nonetheless concerned.
Samsung Confirms Android XR Headset Coming This Year
At its Galaxy Unpacked event this week Samsung appeared to give a timeline for its upcoming headset that will be powered by Google’s Android XR.
This is able to be removed from the primary time Samsung delayed its headset.
Final 12 months South Korean outlet SBS Biz reported Samsung initiated a full redesign proper after the reveal of Imaginative and prescient Professional, which seemingly exceeded its expectations, and Langley’s report referenced fears by Google and Samsung of the headset not being adequate but to “dazzle customers”.
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 stories of different firms but accepting.
