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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 ...

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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 ...

Two new videos accidentally shared by Google give us our first look at what Aluminum OS may look like.

Google has officially confirmed Wear OS 5.1, on which we had previously leaked information. Wear OS 5.1 is based on Android 15 and adopts certain characteristics of ...

Google is officially rolling out the next version of Android for developers with the launch of the Android 16 Developer Preview 2, a build that Google says enhances several things including battery ...

Thanks to a bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker, we've been treated to leaked videos of the nascent operating system (via PC World ). Known as Aluminium OS, this shiny new system shows a lot of ...

Google has shipped Android 17 beta 1 to developers and introduced a continuous "always-on" Canary release channel for updates.

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.

Google LLC today released the first preview version of Android 16, the next major version of its mobile operation system. Developer previews provide individual developers and teams a first look at the ...