v1.33.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.33.0 (2026-03-11)

Breaking & behavioral changes

None

New APIs and capabilities

None

Deprecations

None

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug in QR code scanner on Android where the bottom panel was not being hidden in landscape mode.

Known issues

• Black artifacts might appear in VR mode on Samsung S25 and S24 devices.
• Pixel 6 series cannot initialize the Unity graphics API.

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 6 (Android 15)
  • Google Pixel 8 pro (Android 15)
  • Google Pixel 10 (Android 16)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10 (Exynos) (Android 10)
  • Samsung Galaxy S24 (Qualcomm) (Android 14)
• iOS
  • iPhone X (iOS 17.6.7)
  • iPhone 14 (iOS 26.3)
  • iPhone 17 Air (iOS 26.1)

v1.32.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.32.0 (2025-12-19)

Breaking & behavioral changes

• Updated Android Gradle Plugin version to 8.13.1 from 8.6.0 in Android SDK.

New APIs and capabilities

• NDK version set to 29.0.14206865

Deprecations

None

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

• Fixed #507: Corrects the resolution for iPhone version 11.8.

Known issues

None

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 5 (Android 14)
  • Google Pixel 8 (Android 15)
  • Google Pixel 9 Pro (Android 16)
  • Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G (Android 13)
  • Samsung Galaxy S25 (Android 16)
• iOS
  • iPhone 13 Mini (iOS 17.7)
  • iPhone 15 Pro (iOS 18.5)

v1.31.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.31.0 (2025-11-04)

Breaking & behavioral changes

• Added support for Unity 6.2.

New APIs and capabilities

• Added support for 2025 iPhones (iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air).

Deprecations

• Removed support for Unity 2021.3 and 2022.3.
• Removed support for OpenGL ES 2.0 in Unity since Unity 6 doesn't support it.

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

• Merged #37: Fixed Cardboard SDK repository issues tracker link.
• Fixed #498: Added support for 16 KB page sizes.
• Fixed #504: Adds resolution information for device iPhone 16E

Known issues

None

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 4XL (Android 13)
  • Google Pixel 7 (Android 16)
  • Google Pixel 9 Pro (Android 16)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10 (Exynos) (Android 10)
  • Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra(Qualcomm) (Android 15)
• iOS
  • iPhone Xs Max (iOS 17.6)
  • iPhone 17 Air (iOS 26)

v1.30.1

Cardboard SDK v1.30.1 (2025-09-24)
This is a bugfix only release to address missing files issue.

v1.30.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.30.0 (2025-08-26)

Breaking & behavioral changes

None

New APIs and capabilities

• Fixed #490: Added feature to load iOS screen parameters from CSV text file.

Deprecations

None

Other changes

• Added support for Unity 6.

Bug fixes

• Fixed #475: Added configuration to quickstart to solve buttons touch issue when using Unity on iOS devices.

Known issues

None

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 3XL (Android 12)
  • Google Pixel 6 (Android 15)
  • Google Pixel 8 Pro (Android 16)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10e (Qualcomm) (Android 12)
  • Samsung Galaxy S21 5G (Android 14)
• iOS
  • iPhone X (iOS 16.7)
  • iPhone 16 (iOS 18.5)

v1.29.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.29.0 (2025-05-14)

Breaking & behavioral changes

None

New APIs and capabilities

None

Deprecations

None

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

• Fixed crash when using Vulkan in Unity 6.

Known issues

None

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 5 (Android 14)
  • Google Pixel 7 (Android 15)
  • Google Pixel 9 Pro (Android 15)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10e (Exynos) (Android 12)
  • Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (Android 14)
• iOS
  • iPhone XS (iOS 17.7)
  • iPhone 15 pro (iOS 17.6)

v1.28.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.28.0 (2025-02-24)

Breaking & behavioral changes

None

New APIs and capabilities

• Merged #483: CMake Cleanup.
• Merged #482: Use cardboard_api.lds to limit exports.

Deprecations

None

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

None

Known issues

• QR code scanning might not be correctly displayed with Android 16 beta.

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 4 XL (Android 12)
  • Google Pixel 6 Pro (Android 13)
  • Google Pixel 9 Pro (Android 15)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10 e (Qualcomm) (Android 11)
  • Samsung Galaxy S21 5G (Exynos) (Android 14)
• iOS
  • iPhone 6s (iOS 15.7)
  • iPhone 16 (18.2)

v1.27.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.27.0 (2024-12-09)

Breaking & behavioral changes

None

New APIs and capabilities

None

Deprecations

None

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

None

Known issues

• When the default orientation of the iOS Unity sample is set as landscape, the orientation of the QR code scanner is also set as landscape.

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 3 (Android 11)
  • Google Pixel 6 Pro (Android 13)
  • Google Pixel 8 Pro (Android 15)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10 (Qualcomm) (Android 12)
  • Samsung Galaxy S21 (Exynos) (Android 14)
• iOS
  • iPhone X (iOS 17.6)
  • iPhone 13 Mini (17.6)

v1.26.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.26.0 (2024-09-23)

Breaking & behavioral changes

None

New APIs and capabilities

• Merged #212: Added a lowpass filter to stabilize the velocity for pose prediction.
• Added CardboardUnity_setHeadTrackerLowPassFilter to the Cardboard XR plugin which allows the user to stabilize the velocity for the pose prediction of the HeadTracker.

Deprecations

None

Other changes

• Merged #462: Gyroscope Bias Estimation - Unnecessary Max Operation.

Bug fixes

None

Known issues

None

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 2 (Android 8.1)
  • Google Pixel 6 (Android 12)
  • Google Pixel 8 (Android 14)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10 (Exynos) (Android 10)
  • Samsung Galaxy S23 (Qualcomm) (Android 14)
• iOS
  • iPhone XS (iOS 17.6)
  • iPhone 13 Mini (16.3)

v1.25.0

See http://github.com/googlevr/cardboard for full release notes.

Cardboard SDK v1.25.0 (2024-05-22)

Breaking & behavioral changes

• Unity's Input Manager is no longer supported in favor of the new Input System. See https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.6/manual/index.html for further details.

New APIs and capabilities

None

Deprecations

None

Other changes

None

Bug fixes

None.

Known issues

None

Tested devices

• Android
  • Google Pixel 2XL (Android 8.0)
  • Google Pixel 4XL (Android 11)
  • Google Pixel 6 (Android 12)
  • Google Pixel 7 (Android 13)
  • Google Pixel 8 (Android 14)
  • Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 9)
  • Samsung Galaxy S9 (Exynos) (Android 10)
  • Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Qualcomm) (Android 11)
  • Samsung Galaxy S20 (Qualcomm) (Android 12)
• iOS
  • iPod Touch 7th gen (iOS 15.7)
  • iPhone 6 (iOS 12.5)
  • iPhone X (iOS 16.7)
  • iPhone XS (iOS 17.4)
  • iPhone 13 Mini (16.3)
  • iPhone 14 (iOS 17.4)