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News Weekly: Android XR announced with a Samsung headset, Gemini 2.0 drops, and the Galaxy S25 may get Qi2... sort of

A round-up of the biggest Google/Android-related news that stood out this week.

This will enable users to "switch between being fully immersed in a virtual environment and staying present in the real world," not unlike how some of the best VR headsets work. (Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central)Google CEO Sundar Pichai threw a bit of shade at Microsoft during The New York Times' DealBook Summit. It's no secret that Microsoft got a bit of a headstart in the AI space after partnering with OpenAI to integrate its models into the company's services like Bing.

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