{"id":799148,"date":"2026-07-13T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799148\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:33:11","slug":"samsung-releases-a-mysterious-1-5gb-update-for-the-galaxy-xr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799148\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung releases a mysterious 1.5GB update for the Galaxy XR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has released a massive new software update for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/samsung\/galaxy-xr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Galaxy XR<\/a>, its first mixed reality headset. The update comes shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/buy-galaxy-xr-uk-free-explorer-pack-launch-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">launch of the headset in the UK<\/a>. While the update is large, Samsung hasn\u2019t mentioned any new features. It also doesn\u2019t upgrade the Galaxy XR to Android 16.\n<\/p>\n<p>The update <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.samsungmobile.com\/SM-I610\/TXV\/doc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">comes<\/a> with firmware version I610UEU2AZF3 and has a download size of around 1.5GB. It is available in all the countries where the headset is officially sold. Despite its large file size, the official changelog mentions only improved security. However, based on Samsung\u2019s track record and firmware versioning, this update likely includes more than just security patches.\n<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is being released in July, the new Galaxy XR update still includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/samsung-june-2026-security-patch-detailed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">June 2026 security patch<\/a>. Hopefully, by the time Samsung launches its first smart glasses in the second half of this year, the Galaxy XR will receive the latest version of Android XR.\n<\/p>\n<p>Since Google and Samsung are preparing to launch the world\u2019s first Android XR-powered smart glasses, they could be getting a major update to the Android XR platform ready. The Galaxy XR could receive a software update <a href=\"https:\/\/android-developers.googleblog.com\/2026\/05\/android-xr-sdk-developer-preview-4-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">based on that newer version<\/a> in the coming months.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung has released a massive new software update for the Galaxy XR, its first mixed reality headset. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,110497,281543,61],"class_list":["post-799148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-galaxy-xr","tag-june-2026-security-patch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}