Eventually, I found myself working directly on the foldable\u2019s large inner screen and only occasionally fired up DeX. I fell in love with the malleability of Android, where apps adapt regardless of whether I\u2019m using my device as a phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop PC. In a short time, my love of foldables and desktop modes had locked me into Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n Galaxy XR is an independent and self-contained Android device. It comes with apps pre-installed and full access to the Play Store. Here is a headset that would be able to run all or most of the software I currently use. It’s the next frontier to explore with my Android-based workflow.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tResolution (per eye) \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3552 x 3840<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tDisplay Type \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMicro-OLED<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tBattery Life \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2.5 hours<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tProcessor \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnapdragon XR2+ Gen 2<\/p>\n Samsung Galaxy XR is a mixed reality headset and the first to ship with Android XR. It runs nearly all Android apps in addition to content specifically designed for XR and VR alike. With full Play Store access, the ability to sideload apps, and an unlocked bootloader, the Galaxy XR is the most open headset at the time of its release.<\/p>\n So I bought one, and I\u2019m writing these words in augmented reality. I\u2019m typing them in the PenCake app, which syncs with my phone. I have my outline open in Asana in a window hovering nearby. The Samsung Clocks app sits to the left, keeping track of my Pomodoro timer. Bandcamp sits farthest to the left, playing music from my collection since I haven\u2019t yet copied over my folder of MP3 files<\/a> to the headset\u2019s 256GB of internal storage.<\/p>\n When I\u2019m done writing, I\u2019ll open Samsung Internet and format the article in How-To Geek\u2019s web-based CMS. Samsung Internet is one of the best things about Galaxy devices<\/a>, and I\u2019ve already disabled Google Chrome like I do whenever I get a new Android device.<\/p>\n Extended reality provides me with a 360-degree workspace<\/p>\n I\u2019m not a big fan of the conventional desktop paradigm. Taskbars generally strike me as wasted screen space, but hiding them feels like removing from the interface something that is assumed to be there. I\u2019m not going to tell you that a traditional PC is a bad way to work. It\u2019s functional, and in the absence of everything else, I\u2019d happily go back. It clearly works well enough for most people working from a desk. But it doesn\u2019t make my heart sing the way other forms of tech do. I prefer the design language of mobile devices, which unfortunately come with the limitation of having less screen space to work with.<\/p>\n Mixed reality headsets are, in a way, the best of both worlds. I have a design that\u2019s even less cluttered than a phone (the time and status indicators are nowhere in sight), and I get the space to move windows around like on a desktop. Except in mixed reality, my canvas is neither flat nor limited to the area directly in front of me. I can actually just put apps wherever I want them to be.<\/p>\n This is much better for my posture<\/p>\n![\"Samsung](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/project-3-20251121011035.png\")
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