Most mobile galleries now natively view 360 out of the box, but if yours unfortunately doesn’t here are a few that will

Samsung have finally updated their gallery to view 360 images or videos taken with ANY 360 camera. All of my Xiaomi & Ricoh shots are now showing in 360 

Simply download any equirectangular image to your phone and instantly be able to view within two viewing options, handheld mode or VR Mode. Simply hold your phone either horizontally or vertically and move around or use your finger to scroll, you are able to see all angles of the image. Turn your phone horizontally and place it into a VR and/or Google Cardboard headset to immerse yourself in the image with head position tracking

This app does as expected select your own panoramic image or take one from the internet. What I do like with this one is you don’t have to leave your gallery to open the app and then go through your files again to find the photo you want to view. You can simply be looking through your gallery then just hit share and this app is in the options, no going back and forth like with other players.

Select your 360 image and simply move it around. You have to open the app then navigate to your photo which I find annoying, i’d like to be able to glance through my gallery and simply share to app. This app also supports 3D 360.

This app supports displaying standard 2D and 3D Side By Side/Over Under content.

Supports all video formats and can even play back 3D 360 as well as 2D, 180, side by side and more.

Straightforward and easy to use. This did originally suffer with a low resolution output, so images were a little blurry. Now they seem to have updated and fixed this.

Select your own panoramic image or take one from the internet. Then simply turn around. What I do like is this includes a casting option so you can cast it to your TV and watch your 360 on the big screen. The only downside I found is the gyroscope and drag movements aren’t the best and it can be a struggle to look around. It also constantly has there logo appear at the bottom of the screen.

Unlimited video length, full features and free VR cinema app for cardboard.
Google Cardboard or compatible VR headset is required

Insta360 Player supports all standard 2:1 360 videos and images with a 2:1 ratio, simple drag and drop to view 360. Change the perspectives, crystal ball, tiny planet and take screenshots. I particularly like you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to skip to the next photo.

A simple basic interface that lets you drag and drop your pictures or video and view them in 360, including full screen mode.

VLC is a free open source cross-platform multimedia player and was the first major video player app to play 360° videos. It looks and feels like any other version of VLC, it can open and play all your 360 videos, but not photos. It is the only player I know available for every platform.

For viewing on my mobile I use the latest Samsung Gallery as this eradicates the need to open and use a separate app speeding up the workflow.

As for Desktop, I use GoPro VR Player it opens just about everything I throw at it, including footage from other camera manufacturers and it has HQ screenshots, great for creating tiny planets.