--- title: Monado at the core of Android XR | daily.dev description: Google has chosen Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime developed with significant contributions from Collabora, as the foundation for Android XR's OpenXR... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Monado at the core of Android XR | daily.dev og:description: Google has chosen Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime developed with significant contributions from Collabora, as the foundation for Android XR's OpenXR... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vpONPpqLX.png og:image:alt: Monado at the core of Android XR og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Monado at the core of Android XR **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google has chosen Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime developed with significant contributions from Collabora, as the foundation for Android XR's OpenXR runtime. Collabora views this as a major milestone for the project and for open source XR interoperability broadly. The announcement highlights growing industry adoption of open source XR infrastructure and signals continued momentum toward a more open, cross-platform XR ecosystem. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What OpenXR runtime does Android XR use under the hood? Android XR uses Monado as the foundation for its OpenXR runtime. Monado is an open source OpenXR runtime project with significant contributions from Collabora. Google's choice of Monado signals the project's maturity and positions it as a key piece of open source XR infrastructure enabling broad interoperability across platforms. _Developers building on Android XR or targeting OpenXR compliance can track Monado ecosystem developments on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google’s Android XR Is Here: Here’s What Developers Need to Know](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-android-xr-is-here-here-s-what-developers-need-to-know-ulgk8meif) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Godot OpenXR Integration Project Update: Major OpenXR Features Now Production-Ready](https://daily.dev/posts/godot-openxr-integration-project-update-major-openxr-features-now-production-ready-j1wth9rr3) · Khronos · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Android XR Updates for Unity, Unreal, and Godot](https://daily.dev/posts/android-xr-updates-for-unity-unreal-and-godot-1dwwxufjq) · Android Developers Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Monado at the core of Android XR","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:57:27.159Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:43:28.703Z","description":"Google has chosen Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime developed with significant contributions from Collabora, as the foundation for Android XR's OpenXR...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/80d5fc21043ddae96c9ca7675166020b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/80d5fc21043ddae96c9ca7675166020b?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collabora Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collabora Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZGZ0FjqS--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438306/logos/collabora?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collabora Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Monado at the core of Android XR"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/monado-at-the-core-of-android-xr-vponppqlx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What OpenXR runtime does Android XR use under the hood?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Android XR uses Monado as the foundation for its OpenXR runtime. 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