We’ve bought one other one for the Google Graveyard simply in time for spooky season, people. In a brand new replace on the Google Daydream support page, the corporate bluntly notes the VR software program “is now not supported.”
If you end up attempting to recollect what Daydream is, we received’t blame you. Again in 2016, Google launched Daydream alongside the original Pixel as a digital actuality (VR) platform. Moreover, Google launched its personal ‘View’ VR headset to be used with Pixel smartphones.
A 12 months later, Google updated thew View headset and all through that point, apps progressively turned out there for Daydream. Then, a lot of these apps stopped getting updates or worse, the builders behind them dropped help solely. Earlier than lengthy, it became clear that Google had mostly abandoned Daydream.
Final 12 months, Google killed its Play Movies & TV app for Daydream and now it appears the corporate has lastly gotten round to simply ending Daydream solely. That replace web page on the Daydream help website additionally notes that it received’t get any extra updates and that the Daydream VR app could not work correctly on some machine operating Android 11.
Though the Daydream View was one of many nicer VR headsets on the market, sporting an analogous material design to what Google makes use of for its sensible dwelling merchandise, it positively wasn’t the most well-liked. Should you nonetheless use Daydream, check out the support page to see all the small print on the shutdown.
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