CNN —Google and Samsung are stepping into the wearable headset race. The Samsung headset will be the first product powered by the new Android operating system for XR before the new OS becomes available for other companies to use in their own devices. Android for XR — an umbrella term for various types of virtual and augmented reality — was built in collaboration by Google, Samsung and Qualcomm and will be able to power hardware devices like headsets and glasses. A customer tries on the Apple Vision Pro headset during the product launch at the Apple Store in New York City on February 2, 2024. The Vision Pro, the tech giant's $3,499 headset, was its first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago.

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