Category: Android

Posted by Ron Aquino, Senior Director, Trust & Safety, Chrome, Android, and Play 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

Posted by Markus Vill, Software Engineer, Sean Keys, Security Engineer, and Istvan Nador, Software Engineer, Android Auto At Google, we believe our products should be secure by design, which is why we built the Android Automotive Operating System for Software

Posted by Blair Harmon, Director of Product Management, Android Platform A great user experience is central to Android’s mission, and delivering on that promise requires keeping devices fast, responsive, and reliable. This is why memory optimization is more critical than

Posted by Ajesh R Pai, Developer Relations Engineer, Ulises Uriel Verduzco Diaz, Software Engineer, Tinder, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager Tinder is on a mission to power and inspire real connections by making meeting easy and fun for every

Posted by Amy Zeppenfeld, Developer Relations Engineer, Greg Underwood, Software Engineering Manager, Yasmine Evjen, Senior Product Manager, Android XR Since introducing the Android XR SDK, developers have transformed their ideas into innovative, immersive experiences for XR headsets and wired XR

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager, Android Developer Made by Google expands what’s possible across the Android ecosystem. With the introduction of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch

Posted by Chiara Chiappini, Developer Relation Engineer, Android Developer Relations One-handed gestures offer a convenient and touch-free way for users to interact with their watches, enabling them to perform key actions using only the hand on which the device is

Posted by Nick Butcher, Product Manager, Jetpack Compose Today, the Jetpack Compose August ‘26 release is stable! This release brings version 1.12 across core Compose modules (see the full BOM mapping), introducing rich visual APIs like Mesh Gradients and Wide

Posted by Toni Heidenreich, Software Engineer, Android 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. We’re expanding our Jetpack Compose

Posted by Jose Alcérreca, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations We released the official Android Skills in April, and the response surpassed all our expectations. In this blog post, I’ll address some of the feedback we received, explaining the philosophy