Android Enterprise management arrives for Android XR
Posted: 7 April, 2026
Imagine your team collaborating on a digital prototype across continents, or a technician receiving real-time, heads-up guidance on the manufacturing floor - while their XR devices remain as secure and easy to manage as any other mobile device in your fleet.
Last year, we shared the launch of the Samsung Galaxy XR, the first device built on the Android XR platform, which we developed in collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm. We know many of you have been waiting for the “missing piece” to take these devices from cool prototypes to scalable business tools.
Today, we’re excited to share that the wait is over: Android Enterprise management capabilities are officially available for Android XR.
Moving XR into the workplace
As many of you pointed out in our last thread - shout out to @Kris and @Michel for highlighting training and machine operation use cases - the hardware is only half the story. To move XR into the workplace, you need to be able to secure, deploy, and manage these headsets just like any other mobile device.
By bringing the Android Enterprise framework to XR, we’re removing the management silo. IT teams can now manage these headsets using the same tools and infrastructure already used for their mobile fleet, maintaining control over device policies and security without adding any extra complexity to their endpoint management strategy (see launch partners below).
What can you do today?
The first wave of support is arriving via a software update to the Samsung Galaxy XR, introducing fully managed devices features. While this is just the beginning of the capabilities coming to the platform, here are some of the key functional updates:
- Android zero-touch enrollment: you can now automate the deployment process, allowing headsets to be pre-configured and shipped directly to end users for immediate use.
- Managed Google Play: This allows for centralised app distribution, letting you silently install and update the specific apps your team requires.
This initial release focuses on corporate-owned, fully managed deployments. Subsequent updates will introduce additional flexibility, and we expect more hardware manufacturers to support Android Enterprise management in the future.
EMMs Supporting Android XR
To make sure this works seamlessly with your existing workflows, we’ve collaborated with the EMM partners that many of you already rely on. If you’re working with any of the following partners, you can now manage your XR devices directly within your existing consoles:
- ArborXR
- ManageXR
- Microsoft Intune
- Omnissa Workspace ONE
- Samsung Knox Manage
- SOTI
We’ll also begin validating more partners specifically for Android XR in the coming months, to ensure a consistent experience as the ecosystem grows. Keep an eye on this post as we add more partners and do share below any particular partners you would like to see added to this list.
Explore more
We’ve updated our resources to help you get started and dive deeper into the features:
@Frebel, to your point on the previous post about the Solution Directory - stay tuned! We are actively working on how XR devices are represented there to help you pick the best hardware for your specific use cases.
We hope you are as excited as us to have Android Enterprise management controls come to Android XR. Please share your thoughts below, and perhaps what you would like to try out first?
Thanks,
The Android Enterprise Team