ARCore V1.1 update hints at upcoming support for Huawei P20, Nexus 6P, Galaxy S9 and more

After adding a bunch of new phones support and V1 release at the MWC 2018 event and announcing a range of ARCore apps last week, Google is rolling the update to ARCore app bringing its version number to V1.1 revealing its support for more devices. Digging a little deep in the V1.1 release, there are a large set of device profiles in a folder aptly named /assets/device_profile_database. Each file contains settings appropriate for a given phone's cameras and sensors. While there's nothing much to tell about the content in the files, but the names of the phones are a big giveaway. A total of 59 phones were added most of which are carrier-named variants. Since few of the models are listed by manufacturer codename, it was harder to identify. Several names are belonging to the Galaxy S9 and S9+ variants, but it's obvious that these flagships would gradually get the support. The list of phones include angler: Huawei Nexus 6P HWEML: Huawei P20 HWCLT: Huawei P20 Pro HWNEO : Huawei Porsche Design Mate nash: Moto Z2 Force polaris: Xiaomi MIMIX 2S a7y17: Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) a5y17: Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) SC-02K, SC-03K, SCV38, SCV39, starq, star2q: Galaxy S9 and S9+ WW_ASUS_A002_2: Asus ZenFone AR "Generic" x86 and x86_64 Since ...