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Prioritizing Memory Efficiency: Essential Steps for Android 17

2d ago·15 min read·2859 words

Building Premium Android Experiences at Google I/O ‘26

2d ago·5 min read·837 words

Top AI on Android updates for building intelligent experiences from Google I/O ‘26

May 26·4 min read·681 words

17 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O

May 19·12 min read·2237 words

Build native Android apps in Google AI Studio

May 19·6 min read·1084 words

Increasing app discovery and engagement on Google TV

May 19·5 min read·963 words

Android CLI Now Stable 1.0: Accelerate developing for Android using any agent

May 19·7 min read·1329 words

Build for the future with the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program — Apply now!

May 19·2 min read·330 words

Adaptive development for the expanding Android ecosystem

May 19·6 min read·1023 words

Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 4

May 19·7 min read·1224 words

Android XR Updates for Unity, Unreal, and Godot

May 19·6 min read·1107 words

Introducing Android Performance Analyzer : The Next Evolution in Profiling for Android

May 19·8 min read·1511 words

Android Studio I/O Edition: What’s new in Android Developer tools

May 19·12 min read·2280 words

How FotMob leveraged cross-device discovery to score record Wear OS adoption

May 15·4 min read·766 words

Bring Native Visibility to Your VoIP App Experience with Telecom's Latest Alpha

May 14·3 min read·593 words

Building for the Intelligence System on Android

May 12·1 min read·7 words

Gratitude saw 25% higher retention for widget users

May 8·1 min read·8 words

A look ahead: Making it easier and faster to publish safer apps

May 7·1 min read·12 words

Gemini and Firebase AI Logic enabled Karrot to increase sales with a translation feature built in under 2 weeks

May 4·1 min read·19 words

What's new in the Jetpack Compose April '26 release

Apr 22·1 min read·9 words

Streamline User Journeys with Verified Email via Credential Manager

Apr 22·1 min read·9 words

Level up your development with Planning Mode and Next Edit Prediction in Android Studio Panda 4

Apr 21·1 min read·16 words

Experimental hybrid inference and new Gemini models for Android

Apr 17·1 min read·9 words

The Fourth Beta of Android 17

Apr 16·1 min read·6 words

Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent

Apr 16·1 min read·10 words

Boosting user privacy and business protection with updated Play policies

Apr 15·1 min read·10 words

Get ready for Google I/O: Livestream schedule revealed

Apr 14·1 min read·8 words

Test Multi-Device Interactions with the Android Emulator

Apr 13·1 min read·7 words

Android Studio supports Gemma 4: our most capable local model for agentic coding

Apr 2·1 min read·13 words

Announcing Gemma 4 in the AICore Developer Preview

Apr 2·1 min read·8 words

Gemma 4: The new standard for local agentic intelligence on Android

Apr 2·1 min read·11 words

Increase Guidance and Control over Agent Mode with Android Studio Panda 3

Apr 2·1 min read·12 words

Get your Wear OS apps ready for the 64-bit requirement

Apr 1·1 min read·10 words

Media3 1.10 is out

Mar 30·1 min read·4 words

Monzo boosts performance metrics by up to 35% with a simple R8 update

Mar 30·1 min read·13 words

Android developer verification: Rolling out to all developers on Play Console and Android Developer Console

Mar 30·1 min read·15 words

Redefining Location Privacy: New Tools and Improvements for Android 17

Mar 26·1 min read·10 words

The Third Beta of Android 17

Mar 26·1 min read·6 words

Meet the class of 2026 for the Google Play Apps Accelerator

Mar 25·1 min read·11 words

Contact Picker: Privacy-First Contact Sharing

Mar 24·1 min read·5 words

Beyond Infotainment: Extending Android Automotive OS for Software-defined Vehicles

Mar 24·1 min read·9 words

Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety

Mar 19·1 min read·9 words

Get inspired and take your apps to desktop

Mar 16·1 min read·8 words

Room 3.0 - Modernizing the Room

Mar 13·1 min read·6 words

TikTok reduces code size by 58% and improves app performance for new features with Jetpack Compose

Mar 13·1 min read·16 words

Level Up: Test Sidekick and prepare for upcoming program milestones

Mar 11·1 min read·10 words

Expanding our stage for PC and paid titles

Mar 11·1 min read·8 words

Instagram and Facebook deliver instant playback and boost user engagement with Media3 PreloadManager

Mar 5·1 min read·13 words

Elevating AI-assisted Android development and improving LLMs with Android Bench

Mar 5·1 min read·10 words

Battery Technical Quality Enforcement is Here: How to Optimize Common Wake Lock Use Cases

Mar 5·1 min read·14 words

How WHOOP decreased excessive partial wake lock sessions by over 90%

Mar 4·1 min read·11 words

A new era for choice and openness

Mar 4·1 min read·7 words

Android devices extend seamlessly to connected displays

Mar 3·1 min read·7 words

Go from prompt to working prototype with Android Studio Panda 2

Mar 3·1 min read·11 words

Supercharge your Android development with 6 expert tips for Gemini in Android Studio

Mar 2·1 min read·13 words

Preventing accessibility permission abuse in the Android ecosystem

Feb 28·1 min read·8 words

Spotlight Week: Android Safety and Security

Feb 28·1 min read·6 words

The Second Beta of Android 17

Feb 26·1 min read·6 words

The Intelligent OS: Making AI agents more helpful for Android apps

Feb 25·1 min read·11 words

Get ready for Google I/O May 19-20

Feb 17·1 min read·7 words

Under the hood: Android 17’s lock-free MessageQueue

Feb 17·1 min read·7 words

Prepare your app for the resizability and orientation changes in Android 17

Feb 13·1 min read·12 words

The First Beta of Android 17

Feb 13·1 min read·6 words