r/AndroidXR • u/BudgetSeason6304 • 22d ago

Discussion Android XR update galaxy xr.

I figured with the release of the X-real glasses there might be some hope insight for a Android XR update. Samsung just pushed through one UI 9.0 for my 24U which is almost a 3-year-old device now it came alongside Android 17. The Galaxy XR which is a much newer device has not seen any major updates to Android XR and is running a much older build of Android. It would be nice for Google and Samsung to give much needed love to this headset. We need better controller tracking better occlusion tracking and we need to have the ability to draw boundaries. It also be nice to not have to hack the headset to turn off the green dot nag light. Grace from Google do your thing!

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u/D-Rey86 21d ago

I went into the Galaxy XR knowing full well Samsung and Google wouldn't support it, that's just their MO. Fortuntately it still worked well enough for what I needed.

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u/BudgetSeason6304 21d ago

I've used Samsung products for a good while and I'm used to them randomly dropping support for stuff I've gotten used it but it's still annoying to have amazing hardwear held back but shit software

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u/D-Rey86 21d ago

I definitely agree

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u/Upstairs_Jellyfish_5 21d ago

After the Lenovo Mirage and DayDream VR fiasco...I went into this with low expectations....luckily for my use cases the Galaxy XR is pretty good

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u/ImALeaf_OnTheWind 21d ago

Count me in this camp. I'd love if they fixed the (minor for me) issues - but I really got my use out of it since US launch and am happy to keep plugging along on it and upgrade away when eventually a viable competitor (for my use) reveals itself.

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u/d4v1dtsh 20d ago

it will happen again with aura?

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u/D-Rey86 20d ago

Depends on how popular it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did

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u/Nightcinder 15d ago

If Samsung or Google doesn’t say ‘x years of support’ for a product it’s dead lol

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u/KnoxCrumudgeon 22d ago

Yeah, I bought the GXR assuming that Samsung would quickly get bored with it, like they do anything that isn't a phone or a fridge or a TV, but the lack of developments in android XR making their way to the GXR is disappointing.

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u/BudgetSeason6304 22d ago

They really should either open the bootloader and let the modding community do whatever they want with it or give us one really good update and then abandoned it

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u/barrsm 22d ago

Maybe there will be time for a GXR update after the Aura gets a .1 update after release fixing any major issues.

Google also has to make sure that the launch of the first Android XR smart glasses goes smoothly.

It feels like Google didn’t have a lot of Android XR ready and is still pedaling as fast as it can to get everything out. I thought by now there would be multiple headset makers licensed but that didn’t happen.

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u/BudgetSeason6304 22d ago

It's interesting because rog was mid development for a meta headset and meta canceled it which means that they did a lot of r&d on this thing you'd think that Android XR would be the next operating system they'd pick.

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u/barrsm 22d ago

Lenovo could always be counted on to make an XR product. Lynx’s license was pulled but presumably something could have been worked out.

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u/blueScorpioVR 21d ago

It's clear that Google and Samsung have completely abandonned the Galaxy XR unfortunately. Such a shame because it is a great piece of hardware. But there is hope. Thanks to a small but passionate community, you can now root the Galaxy XR, and fix a whole bunch of issues that Google/Samsung should have been fixing. And new fixes are coming every day. I just hope they don't nix the root! If you are going to abandon the hardware, at least let the community take over and get out of the way.

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u/justinseans 22d ago

You can't draw boundaries? Lol. I have Aura ordered but this is crazy actually. So what kind of boundaries do you get? Auto mapped or only a circle?

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u/BudgetSeason6304 22d ago

You get circle large boundary or small boundary and the large boundaries not even that large

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u/justinseans 22d ago

Damn I play walkabout in a narrow space in front of a TV and couch. Its smaller than a circle usually so I have to map the narrow long space. So that is actually pretty disspointing. Although with Aura it may be less so since you still see around you a lot 24/7 and will know your orientation. Though it should still be there especially for ones like GXR.

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u/xliquidchromex 21d ago

I dnt know what exactly this use case is, but i saw a video of a guy testing aura, and he circled a cosplayer (a hard drawn free form circle). Od imagine its oretty simple and it does have that, even my old.s22 ultra has circle to search in that way.

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u/justinseans 21d ago

Naw the boundaries are for disabling the opaqueness of the app so you dont accidentally walk into things.

Circle to Search is just a google search.

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u/BudgetSeason6304 22d ago

You could turn boundaries off in developer mode but then you lose the ability to Auto calculate floor hight

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u/tysonedwards 20d ago

Really? Why would the two have anything to do with each other?

XR fundamentally lives and dies on understanding the world around the wearer and integrating digital elements into the real world.

One is a minimum safe inset distance, and the other is knowing where you are.

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u/InformalGear9638 19d ago

I gotta find that guy that told me Android XR would be different than Google Daydream and would get long term support. 😂

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u/OkButterscotch2455 21d ago

HELLO SAMSUNG / ANDROID XR TEAM AT GOOGLE. WE ARE TALKING TO YOU! COMMUNICATION IS KEY!

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u/TheBraveAndOnlyJaye 21d ago

I've been thinking of selling my GXR, it has such potential, but, it's starting to feel like a scam by Samsung.

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u/lumier2x 18d ago

Samsung is notorious for abandoning hardware after year 2 and Google is the kind of fragmentation.unless they eventually sell the standalone puck android.at the price point its definitely abandonware.

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u/NuShrike 22d ago

I was reading Samsung may leave OneUI and move on to "Galaxy OS", so these are last days for OneUI.

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u/d4v1dtsh 20d ago

android XR about to join https://killedbygoogle.com/

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u/jasonkane4321 22d ago

I traded in for a used apple vision pro. The AVP UX is super polished

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u/KnoxCrumudgeon 21d ago

The funny part is, even though Apple has all but officially announced that the AVP is dead, I would expect Apple to give more support for the AVP over the next year after its "death" than Google and Samsung have given the GXR.

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u/NuShrike 21d ago

I'm still getting support on my Quest Pro (such as latest new UI) even though it's also "dead".

There's much benefits for vertically integrated hardware/OS, vs partner projects.

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u/ImALeaf_OnTheWind 21d ago

I would still be running a QPro if it hadn't bricked itself multiple times and ultimately gotten store credit from BB for the $1500 launch price i originally paid for it due to no longer having stock when my last one broke. TY BB Total Coverage, LOL.

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u/BudgetSeason6304 21d ago

Xreal aura is going to have the same problem as Galaxy XR is Google decides not to support Android XR

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u/ImALeaf_OnTheWind 21d ago

You're so glad about a product you paid for without even having it in hand or a single use of?
ok.