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.

The Android operating system is home to countless features, be it useful utilitarian toggles or gimmicky customization tweaks. Thanks to this bucket load of options, an Android phone can do ...

In contrast, Android is an operating system designed for mobile devices. All of that tapping, swiping, and pinching you do on your non-Apple smartphone or tablet, Android makes it possible.

Android XR is Google's equivalent of visionOS, the operating system that runs on the Apple Vision Pro headset. Android XR is designed for the "next generation of computing," and Google has teamed ...

There are two central operating systems when it comes to the typical e-reader: Android or Linux. The Amazon Kindle, Rakuten Kobo, Remarkable, Pocketbook, and Tolino e-readers employ Linux.

The open nature of Android is about see a big change, as Google looks to enforce its verification policy for all developers.

Version 2.0 of the operating system is based on LineageOS 20 (which, in turn, is a custom operating system based on Android 13), and also brings a number of bug fixes, security updates, and ...