- The Play Store is making further preparations to identify apps designed for Android XR.
- Apps will be able to display a “Made for XR” label with corresponding headset icon.
- While few apps have declared this support already, Microsoft Edge is off to an early start.
Android is coming for your head. With last week’s announcement of Android XR, the door is now opening for a new generation of augmented, mixed, and virtual reality apps that will take full advantage of hardware like Samsung’s upcoming “Moohan” headset. While it’s sounding like Google is making it as easy as possible for developers to bring existing apps to XR, how will you know what software is really optimized for this new platform? We’ve spotted some changes Google is working on for the Play Store that may shine a little light on just that.