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Samsung and Google team up on augmented reality with ARCore
June 27, 2025
Samsung is having a pretty big day. We already told you about its announcements regardingBixby and Project Ambienceand how it willunite its Internet of Things platforms. But, Samsung wasn’t done making headlines yet. It also announced a formal partnership with Google to bring the ARCore framework to its lineup of smartphones long-term.
See also:Check out these six ARCore experiments that Google has toyed around with
ARCorewas previously Project Tango. You might remember Tango from the few phones it was featured on, including the recentASUS ZenFone AR. Project Tango devices relied on special sensors to make augmented reality apps work, but ARCore’s mission is to bring AR to all phones. The platform focuses on three things: motion tracking, environmental understanding, and light estimation, and drops the requirement of specialized hardware.
Previous Samsung devices like theGalaxy S8, Galaxy S8 Plus, andGalaxy Note 8have all supportedARCore, but this agreement signifies that Samsung will adopt it for future devices.
That Samsung is going along with Google’s platform is a great sign for the future. Samsung has picked up a reputation through the years of including its own apps on Galaxy phones that duplicate the functionality of Google’s apps. That led tosome bloated phonesand fears that Samsung would eventually drop Android altogetherfor Tizen. Withthe death of some of these appsand agreements like this, it appears Google and Samsung’s relationship is stronger than ever.
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