The Developer Preview 3 of the Android XR SDK is now here!

Android XR uses the APIs and tools you already know from building adaptive apps.

This makes it easy to create magical new experiences and scale them across the growing ecosystem of XR devices.

If you're developing for Android, you're already developing for XR.

Today, we're announcing developer preview three of the Android XR SDK.

This release brings increased stability and a bunch of new features, getting you ready to build the next wave of XR applications for headsets and glasses.

Let's start with XR headsets. This is where we've been working closely with developers like you to refine the APIs and tools you need.

We've added new features for building rich 3D scenes, such as spatial animations with soft headlocking and transitions.

We've also made it easier than ever to adapt your existing UIs with Material 3 components, like dialogues and navigation bars, automatically transforming into spatial XR elements.

Android XR is designed to also power everything in between headsets and glasses, like XREAL’s Project Aura.

We saw Andrea demo how it blends immersive headset experiences into a lightweight form factor with a 70 degree field of view.

We call them wired XR glasses. As these devices come to market, your adaptive apps will adjust their UI thanks to new APIs that allow your app to detect a device's field of view.