Google adds new OnePlus, Motorola, and Xiaomi phones to the official ARCore certification list

Augmented reality has all kinds of applications in Android phones, including for e-commerce and gaming. ARCore is Google’s development suite for AR apps, but devices have to be certified to run ARCore-built apps. Certification means the device passes muster in a number of different areas, like camera quality and motion sensor accuracy. Newer phones keep on being added to theARCore support listregularly, and now, a new set of more than 30 Android phones have received this certification, including smartphones from the likes of Motorola, OnePlus, and Xiaomi.

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The next batch of phones with ARCore will most likely later this year, judging by the cadence at which Google typically updates the roster. AR has been an increasingly hot topic in tech lately, including for Google: the company plans to beginreal-world prototype testing of upcoming AR-based productsnext month.

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