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Yahoo Finance’s Daniel Howley reports:
Samsung (005930.KS) and Google (GOOG, GOOGL) are taking aim at Meta (META) and the smart glasses market with the release of their new Android XR operating system.
Co-developed with partner Qualcomm (QCOM), Android XR is designed to power devices ranging from extended reality headsets to what the companies call AI glasses: smart glasses packed with Google’s Gemini AI assistant.
First up, Samsung’s new Galaxy XR mixed reality headset. Available starting today for $1,799, the Galaxy XR is similar to Apple’s (AAPL) Vision Pro and Meta’s Quest 3 in that it fully covers your field of view, but provides passthrough vision via its built-in external cameras.
Like the Vision Pro, it also includes internal eye-tracking cameras for navigation. External cameras and sensors also track your hand movements, allowing you to navigate the interface by pinching to grab various virtual windows and apps.
Though the Galaxy XR’s hardware hews closely to Apple’s and Meta’s headsets, Samsung and Google are banking on their Android XR and Google’s Gemini to be key differentiators for their device.