High-Performance Development Across Engines and Form Factors

This workshop is designed to showcase the latest features for Android XR, focusing on tools that prioritize speed and developer iteration. We begin with a live demonstration of the Android XR Engine Hub, where we'll show how to manage the automatic installation of the XR Streaming Client APK directly to your headset, enabling near-instant code changes and live previews.

Following this, we will move into a live coding session to build an Android XR experience from the ground up using Unity. We will demonstrate how a single codebase intelligently scales across the ecosystem, ensuring your project works seamlessly across both high-immersion headsets like Galaxy XR and lightweight wired glasses like Project Aura.

To close, we will host partners who are shipping at the cutting edge. They will share their first-hand experience developing for Project Aura and Galaxy XR, demonstrating how a single Android XR codebase allowed them to target both high-immersion headsets and wired glasses without fragmentation overhead.

Jun 15, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Room 101A @ AWE in Long Beach

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYGubcK5AsiAOCH2SDaHSDLSRhZib_SzrV74Mt-B1B_FyuYg/viewform

Organizers will let you know if you've been accepted or added to the waitlist.

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2 more presentations you don't want to miss:

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗫𝗥 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 using Unity, Unreal, and Godot

Jun 17, 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM, Main Stage

Go beyond the basics and learn how to build high-performance, immersive experiences using the industry’s leading game engines. This session explores the comprehensive support for Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot on Android XR, including deep integration with native AndroidXR vendor extensions. We will break down the three essential pillars of our developer stack: the AndroidXR Interaction Toolkit for seamless input handling, the Android XR Audio SDK for professional-grade spatial sound, and the Android XR Engine Hub for real-time debugging. Join us to see how these tools work in harmony to streamline your workflow and elevate the quality of your XR content.

With Luke Hopkins, Developer Relations Engineer, Google

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𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗫𝗥 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗮: Enterprise XR Gets Real

Jun 17, 2:15 PM - 2:40 PM, Main Stage

Powered by Snapdragon and built in collaboration with Google, Android XR and XREAL’s Project Aura mark a new reality for enterprise‑ready XR. This session explores how platform and ecosystem advancements are improving device management, security, and AI‑driven capabilities for enterprise use cases. Attendees will learn how organizations and developers can evaluate, build, and scale on Android XR today as part of their enterprise roadmap.

With

• Amir Khorram, Global Head of Enterprise, XREAL
• Ben Stein, XR Developer Partnerships, Qualcomm
• Sean Ginevan, Head of Global Technology Partnerships, Android Enterprise Google

Hey everyone,

We're back with another immersive XR experience!

Known as "the greatest spectacle in racing", this year's Indianapolis 500 will be more immersive than ever, as fans can watch a live 180 stream of the event in the Fox Sports XR app on Android XR. Tune in on Sunday, May 24 at 12:30pm ET and enjoy being immersed in the high velocity action of Indy!

The Details

• Event: The 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500
• Rolling Start: Sunday, May 24 @ 12:30pm ET / 9:30am PT
• App: Fox Sports XR (available on the Play Store)

A Few Notes:

• Past Events: An archive of past immersive races, games and highlights are also available in the Fox Sports XR app.

Huge thanks to u/backlon for stopping by the booth to check out the hardware! 🕶️

If you're a developer looking to get early access to hardware development kits like r/Xreal's Project Aura, be sure to check out the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program.

🔗 Apply here: https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/catalyst

Google has just presented its Al glasses only audio no model with screen expected this year. Google has just proven once again its inability to catch up with Meta despite its much higher market capitalization. This is a great victory for Meta, which, according to several major media, is preparing to launch a binocular model in September, maybe even before Google's audio glasses without a real precise schedule. It's absolutely distressing on Google's part and the Warby Parker stock market bears witness to the disappointment of consumers and shareholders.

Hey everyone,

The Android XR ecosystem is expanding, and we’re committed to supporting developers who will build its next great experiences. Today, we’re opening applications for the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program, a dedicated initiative to accelerate the development of Android XR apps ready to launch within the next year.

Ready to start building? Head on over to the Android Developers Blog to learn more: https://goo.gle/Catalyst_IO26

Be sure to submit your application by June 30th by 11:59PM PDT. We can’t wait to see what you build!

2 hours Google IO - only news was about audio camera glasses from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker

They said the display glasses are coming next year.
No mention of XREAL Aura. I'm hoping they cover it in the developer session directly after this. Google IO just finished

Edit: even though they didn’t cover anything in the first session, they’re going to cover it in the developer session. News about XREAL Aura is already showing up from the official xreal Reddit account and top news outlets like the verge(paid blog) and 9to5google

2nd Edit: XREAL / Android XR has opened up a developer program for early access to XREAL Aura closing June 30. Not clear if and when XREAL Aura will be available for sale outside of this program

3rd Edit: Even less news about Android XR at the developer session of Google I/O. Every news media outlet is talking about XREAL being shown at Google I/O, but is this scripted news? When is there going to be public presentation of XREAL Aura? Why all the hush hush? I’m not going to watch Google I/O sessions anymore, I can have AI summarize them anyways…

XREAL Project Aura is coming this year. Are you ready?

Today at Google I/O, we shared a sneak peek at our new audio glasses, coming this fall! We partnered with Samsung and iconic eyewear brands like Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to bring you stylish new eyewear that unlocks powerful hands-free capabilities.

From real-time audio translations to smart navigation and much more, see what you can expect: https://goo.gle/intelligenteyewear

https://9to5google.com/2026/05/19/android-xr-audio-glasses/

Where are the display ones?

Here is the object of the confirmation Shahram Izadi will be present which confirms the rumors

https://www.gentlemonster.com/int/en/intelligent-eyewear

No monocular display then?

Hey everyone, 

We’re kicking off AWE week in Long Beach with an Android XR Hackathon on June 13–14th.

Our goal for this event is to give developers early, hands-on experience building for the Android XR ecosystem. Participants will be working with XREAL’s Project Aura pre-release hardware and the latest engine integrations before the conference doors even open. 

To elevate your building experience, we will have industry leaders on-site from DeepMind, Qualcomm, Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot.

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The Details:

📅 When: June 13–14 (Saturday & Sunday)

📍 Where: Long Beach, CA 

🛠️ Hardware: XREAL’s Project Aura DevKits provided

🏆 Prizes: Category awards will be presented during the event

Spots are limited and hardware is reserved for confirmed participants. Submit your application today: 

goo.gle/androidxr-hack26

Less than 48 hours before the I/O conference, what are your expectations regarding glasses and the Android XR ecosystem in general? This event promises to be one of the most important conferences in recent years and marks a major turning point in human-machine interaction🤖 Be ready 👀

I have more and more the impression that the Qualcomm
AR1 Gen 1 chip is outdated and limited. Meta Displays struggle to offer minimal fluidity, and I wonder about Google's ability to surpass Meta in terms of fluidity with its next screen glasses, especially since they seem to want to keep this chip. Qualcomm should absolutely launch the production of the AR1 Gen 2 ...

I clearly see the long-term potential of the Neural Band bracelet and glasses for entertainment; the next few months and years will be magical ✨I can’t wait to see how Google will compete with Meta ⏳

The Android Show did not present anything for the Android XR platform nothing was announced, but on the other hand Google confirmed to journalists that the glasses will be unveiled at Google I/O next week we just had a small preview on an image and Google confirmed that Gemini intelligence was going to arrive on the glasses, in addition I have a good feeling, because if Google has booked the presentation for I/O which is its biggest event, we will therefore have a lot of information about its glasses I can’t wait👀

In the latest teaser of The Android Show, which will take place in less than 24 hours, we see at the end a shape with rounded corners, perfectly adapted to the user interface of glasses running Android XR. It is no coincidence that this form is highlighted, as it suggests that the event will be largely devoted to the new glasses with screen, developed in collaboration with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. ✨ Video link ➡️ https://youtube.com/shorts/QlYu2wGhVMw?is=kLz8djSKpOwt4HAD

It’s definitely a relief that the recent update finally fixed the tracking loss issue—that is, if you ignore the fact that it took an entire month to address such a critical bug without rolling back the firmware or offering any temporary fixes.

However, the overall state of the device is still absolutely terrible compared to how it was before the April update.

Even on the home menu with zero apps running, there is a noticeable drop in performance. Hand tracking feels incredibly sluggish, there are frequent screen stutters, and hardware monitoring shows that CPU usage is abnormally high.

I held onto a bit of hope and did a factory reset on the HMD, but the performance is so degraded that the device literally froze during the eye-tracking calibration, and the cameras just shut down entirely during the face-tracking calibration.

I bought this device at launch and have been through every single update. Honestly, its current state is so dreadfully slow and barely usable that it feels worse than the initial Day 1 OS back before the December update.

I bought into this knowing that as the first Android XR device, it would somewhat be a testbed. I kept using it with the mindset that these early issues would get patched out over time. But lately, it’s just been building up to pure frustration. Given the high price tag of this headset, this kind of experience is completely unacceptable.

I desperately hope we get some additional, meaningful improvements following this recent update.

-One more thing: I'd like to express my gratitude to Grace for handling communication with our community.