Google appears to be getting ready the Play Retailer to help the Android XR platform it is engaged on.
If you happen to’re not acquainted with it, the Play Retailer is Google’s app retailer for Android telephones, tablets, TVs, and good watches, in addition to supported Chromebooks.
By decompiling the Play Retailer app to have a look at the code inside, Android Authority found a brand new “XR headset” string which would seem on an app’s itemizing to notice compatibility, and related headset icon for remotely putting in it.
How the string and icon would look within the Play Retailer app on telephones, in response to Android Authority.
The discovering suggests Google is getting nearer to sharing extra particulars about Android XR, the upcoming XR platform it plans to debut in a headset being constructed by Samsung.
Samsung first introduced its headset all the way in which again in February 2023, and simply 4 months in the past gave an replace saying it was coming this yr. Final month, nevertheless, Every day Korea reported that Samsung has delayed the headset into 2025, and this appears extra probably than a shock November or December launch.
That new reported delay is way from the primary. At Google I/O 2023 the corporate stated it will “share extra” in regards to the partnership later within the yr, however that by no means occurred. Just a few months later South Korean outlet SBS Biz reported that Samsung initiated a full redesign proper after the reveal of Imaginative and prescient Professional, which seemingly exceeded its expectations.
Android Authority’s discovering is the primary public indication we have seen of any actual progress in Google and Samsung’s partnership, and will point out we’re lastly getting near an unveil. And whereas Samsung would be the first {hardware} maker to make use of Android XR, Google has reportedly been pitching it to different {hardware} makers too – although there have been no reviews of different corporations but accepting.