Samsung Galaxy XR: What can you do with it?
Samsung Galaxy XR is a mixed reality headset that’s designed for augmented reality and virtual reality experiences. The primary use is for productivity and entertainment, as Samsung envisions people using it to make videos using Adobe Project Pulsar, working with giant virtual monitors that can be easily moved around, watching movies in an immersive virtual theater, and even playing games on a huge virtual screen using cloud services like Xbox Game Pass.
Samsung Galaxy XR: Headset and controller design
Samsung Galaxy XR looks a lot like the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro had a baby. Galaxy XR will allow users to wear it with or without light blockers to better tailor the experience. The light blockers are magnetically attached, making them simple to pop on and off as needed.
Galaxy XR is smartly using a rigid strap similar to the Meta Quest Pro instead of the uncomfortable cloth strap used on the Apple Vision Pro. This helps better distribute weight and provide stability across your head, complete with a nice thick pad along the back of the cranium.
Samsung Galaxy XR: Controllers and gaming
Galaxy XR is designed from the ground up to be used without controllers, but Samsung sells a set of motion-tracked controllers on its website for 0 (price as of October 2025). These controllers feature standard XR button inputs similar to systems like the Meta Quest 3 or PlayStation VR2.
Developers have told Android Central that porting Meta Quest games to Android XR is relatively easy and requires very little time, encouraging the possibility of seeing many games on this platform in the future.
Samsung Galaxy XR: Specs and performance
Samsung Galaxy XR uses some of the most cutting-edge hardware that can be found on any XR headset to date. That includes micro-OLED panels with extremely high resolution, pancake lenses for the clearest imagery possible, eye tracking built into the lenses, and ultra-high-resolution cameras for clean passthrough mixed reality vision.
Samsung Galaxy XR: Software
Samsung Galaxy XR, like Apple’s Vision Pro, targets the mixed reality UI paradigm first introduced by the Meta Quest Pro. Mixed-reality passthrough will enable apps that sit on virtual screens within your real living room, letting you see the world around you while still using virtual apps. It’s all powered by Android XR, a new version of Android that Google says is “the first Android platform built entirely for the Gemini era.”
Google touts many of its apps running on Galaxy XR, including Google Photos, Google Maps, YouTube, Chrome, and others. The headset works for both entertainment and productivity thanks to its hardware design, which allows for high-quality immersive and mixed-reality experiences alike.
