TL;DRLast year, Meta introduced Horizon OS, its new branding for Meta Quest OS.The plan was to license Horizon OS to hardware partners, with ASUS and Lenovo initially confirmed as two.Meta now says those plans are on pause as the company focuses more on its own hardware efforts.It feels like mobile tech is at an inflection point right now when it comes to all things extended reality (XR). While the idea behind glasses-based augmented reality and mixed reality has been around for years, it’s only recently that the hardware and software powering these solutions have matured to the point where all this actually feels like it might just be commercially viable. As we look forward to what’s next from Google and Android XR, it sounds like Meta’s own XR plans are going a bit sideways.Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority?