Samsung Galaxy XR loses YouTube app advantage over Apple's Vision Pro

Besides its substantially lower price, the Galaxy XR had a few other advantages over Apple’s Vision Pro headset. One of those was the presence of a native YouTube app with XR optimizations. However, that advantage has now disappeared, as the Vision Pro has received its own native YouTube app for video streaming.

Google has released a native YouTube app for visionOS, allowing all Vision series mixed-reality headsets to stream videos without relying on a web browser. In addition to providing access to subscriptions, watch history, playlists, and YouTube Shorts, the app is well suited for viewing 3D, 360-degree, and 180-degree virtual reality (VR) videos.

On the latest Vision Pro headset, which features the M5 processor, the YouTube app also supports 8K video playback, offering excellent clarity. YouTube likely has the largest library of 180-degree, 360-degree, 3D, and 8K videos, making the launch of this app a significant benefit for Vision Pro users.

As a result, the Galaxy XR no longer holds this advantage over the Vision Pro. It remains to be seen whether Google will introduce additional features to the YouTube app for Android XR–powered devices in the future.

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Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S23 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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Galaxy XR loses an advantage over Apple's Vision Pro

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Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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First Samsung device: T100