Are we about to see what’s up Google’s sleeve after its mysterious AR / VR offers with firms like Qualcomm and Samsung? Or would possibly it lastly deliver its Google Play Store to Meta’s Quest like Meta as soon as requested? Either method, Google appears to be prepping its Play Store for headsets, in accordance with particulars found in app retailer code by Android Authority.
Screenshots printed by the outlet present a small graphic representing a headset within the Play Store’s “Install on extra gadgets menu,” whereas a little bit of textual content showing on an app itemizing elsewhere references an “XR headset” too:
Screenshot: Android Authority
Or, it might be that Google simply modified its thoughts about placing the Play Store on Meta Quest headsets. Meta pressed Google for that very factor earlier this yr, months after one in every of its execs revealed that Google had declined to let Quest customers obtain common Android apps to the headset. Since then, Meta has introduced it would supply 2D apps in spite of everything — however from its personal app retailer, not Google’s.
Or possibly — simply possibly — we’re about to see the return of Google Cardboard. Hey, a man can dream, can’t he?
