Apple’s recent success with the Vision Pro headset and Google’s rapid strides in AI revived the company’s interest enough to announce Android XR. This vivacious new OS for headsets and smart glasses is off to a strong start,

Google wants to make apps scalable across form factors. Android XR headsets will run the majority of Android apps by default. Android 16 and 17 should go a long way toward making apps work better across display sizes.

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Sam Bright, the lead at Google Play, said the "ultimate goal" is to have Android games and apps work seamlessly across mobile, XR, and TV.

Recent leaks reveal that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite system on chip (SoC) offers strong gaming performance, especially in emulating high-demand AAA games on the Android platform.

Qualcomm has quietly listed an underpowered variant of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with one fewer Performance core.

Qualcomm's latest flagship Snapdragon chip packs an 8-core CPU consisting of two Prime Oryon cores clocked at 4.32GHz and six Performance cores running at 3.53GHz. The special foldable version, carrying the part name SM8750-3-AB, features one less Performance core, meaning it has a seven-core CPU cluster.

Last month, Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team, HTC Vive of course having ample experience engineering VR headsets.

Honor's latest flagship smartphone, the Magic 7 Pro, is an absolute powerhouse -- it's software is the only thing holding it back from true greatness.

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This chip was announced late last year at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii and already powers other devices from Android rivals such as Honor and OnePlus.

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