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Documentation
Adaptive app development is fundamental on Android, but making sure everything looks good and every feature works the way it should require multiple tests on multiple devices. Or does it?
Rob Orgiu • 2 min read -
3 AuthorsCase Studies
WhatsApp is the world's largest messaging platform, serving billions of users globally. It is the default communication tool for people across diverse regions, connecting users through private, reliable, and secure messaging.
Niharika Arora, Tracy Agyemang, Mayank Jain • 8 min read -
Product News
Maintaining a healthy Android ecosystem is a shared commitment where every app and game has a role to play.
Raghavendra Hareesh Pottamsetty • 4 min read -
Product News
At Google Play, user safety and developer success go hand in hand. We continue to see growth in apps with AI generated features, and indeed, adding generative AI into your apps is a great way to unlock incredible creative possibilities.
Ron Aquino • 4 min read -
3 AuthorsProduct News
At Google, we believe our products should be secure by design, which is why we built the Android Automotive Operating System for Software Defined Vehicle (AAOS SDV) on existing, market-proven platforms, leveraging virtualization technologies like Cuttlefish.
Markus Vill, Sean Keys, István Nádor • 5 min read -
Product News
A great user experience is central to Android's mission, and delivering on that promise requires keeping devices fast, responsive, and reliable.
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3 AuthorsCase Studies
Tinder is on a mission to power and inspire real connections by making meeting easy and fun for every new generation of singles.
Ajesh Pai, Ulises Uriel Verduzco Díaz , Tracy Agyemang • 4 min read -
3 AuthorsProduct News
Since introducing the Android XR SDK, developers have transformed their ideas into innovative immersive experiences across headsets and wired XR glasses.
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How-tos
Media3 1.11 is out. Powering the vast majority of top Android media apps, this release brings new features, bug fixes, and improvements across playback, editing, and UI components.
Toni Heidenreich • 3 min read -
Product News
Today, the Jetpack Compose August ‘26 release is stable!
Nick Butcher • 5 min read -
3 AuthorsProduct News
With the introduction of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 5, and the entire Pixel family, users are moving seamlessly across diverse screen sizes, unique postures, and intelligent experiences.
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Product News
First introduced on Pixel Watch with Wear OS 6.1, one-handed gestures made quick interactions effortless, such as starting and stopping a timer, accepting calls, and controlling media.
Chiara Chiappini • 3 min read -
Community
We released the official Android Skills in April. This blog post covers the feedback we received and explains the philosophy and methodology behind the project.
Jose Alcérreca • 4 min read -
Product News
Providing a safe online experience and protecting users from harm is a top priority at Google Play.
Paul Feng • 2 min read -
3 AuthorsProduct News
Today, we officially celebrate five years since the release of Jetpack Compose 1.0. From version 1.0, announced on July 28th, 2021, to our latest 1.11 release, we’ve seen the APIs evolve significantly over the years, and we’re taking a moment to celebrate.
Rebecca Franks, Nick Butcher, Loryn Hairston • 4 min read -
Case Studies
With the majority of Android apps adopting Kotlin as their main language of choice, kotlinx.coroutines has become a de-facto standard for asynchronous programming. The library offers a well-designed and structured way of managing concurrent flows that is native to Kotlin.
Jonathan Starup, Andrei Shikov • 7 min read -
Product News
Today at Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung unveiled its latest lineup of foldable and wearable devices. For developers, this means that the variety of form factors, screen sizes, and device postures your app needs to support is expanding once again.
Fahd Imtiaz, Miguel Montemayor • 3 min read -
How-tos
Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our previous post we introduced Jetpacker, the demo app we'll use throughout this series.
Caren Chang • 6 min read -
How-tos
Jetpacker is a technical showcase app that our team built from the ground up for this year's Google I/O (built using Antigravity). At its core, Jetpacker helps users plan, explore, and enjoy their next big adventure.
Jolanda Verhoef • 4 min read -
How-tos
Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our previous post, we explored how to leverage Firebase AI Logic to build cloud-hosted and hybrid AI features.
Ben Weiss • 6 min read
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