Overview
- The headset runs on Android XR with Gemini multimodal AI integrated, enabling control by voice, hands or eyes and letting users pin multiple apps in a 3D workspace.
- Tom’s Guide tests show Gemini Live can ‘see’ the on-screen view and passthrough feed to answer context-specific questions, from identifying objects to offering gaming tips in real time.
- Initial limitations include no visibility into DRM-protected video, a narrow set of system actions, and the inability to record the screen while Gemini screen sharing is active.
- The Street reports an Explorer Pack bundling 12 months of Google AI Pro, YouTube Premium, Google Play Pass and NBA League Pass to drive engagement with the device.
- Commentary frames Galaxy XR as a platform move to bring Google’s AI and app ecosystem into spatial computing, with Samsung positioned to shape Android-based XR.