Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 4

Posted by Stevan Silva, Group Product Manager and Amy Zeppenfeld, Developer Relations EngineerToday we're excited to launch Developer Preview 4 of the Android XR SDK, continuing our focus on unifying cross-device development for headsets, wired XR glasses, and intelligent eyewear. To keep our platform intuitive, we are adopting more descriptive naming for our form factors, where AI glasses are now audio glasses and display AI glasses are now display glasses, with these changes appearing in our documentation starting today. This release is packed with updates that help you build incredible experiences for XR devices, enable deeper immersive experiences on XR headsets, and streamline the path for creating augmented experiences on audio and display glasses. Also, our core libraries—including XR Runtime, Jetpack SceneCore, and ARCore for Jetpack XR— will be officially moving to Beta soon! To give you early access to hardware and resources for building immersive and augmented experiences on upcoming devices—like display and audio glasses and XREAL’s Project Aura — we’re announcing the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program. Learn more and start your application today. Building Augmented Experiences for Audio and Display Glasses Starting out with our libraries for augmented experiences, Developer Preview 4 introduces new APIs that help you create and test your apps. Jetpack Projected: Device Availability and ProjectedTestRule APIs The Jetpack Projected library helps bridge app experiences from the phone to the user's field of view. We've added the Device Availability API, which consolidates wear state and connectivity signals into standard Android Lifecycle.State values. This lets you adjust your applications behavior based on whether the device is worn. val xrDevice = XrDevi...

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