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

Posted by Garan Jenkin, Wear OS Developer Relations Engineer FotMob recently experienced its largest single-day increase on Wear OS among its installed audience in 5 years, at 2-3x the daily…

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

Posted by Nataraj KR, Android Developer Relations Engineer The initial launch of the Jetpack Telecom library introduced CallsManager, replacing the legacy ConnectionService API to simplify VoIP integration. CallsManager streamlines call…

Building for the Intelligence System on Android

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android Developer Announced today during The Android Show, Android is transitioning from an operating system to an intelligence system, creating more opportunities for…

How Gratitude boosted user retention by 25% with widgets

Posted by Ash Nohe and Amrit Sanjeev, Android Developer Relations Engineers Practicing gratitude may decrease symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improve mental health and life satisfaction1. Consistent gratitude practice…

Making it easier and faster to publish safer apps

Posted by Vijaya Kaza, VP, Product, App & Ecosystem Trust The mobile ecosystem is always evolving, bringing both new opportunities and new threats. Through these changes, Android and Google Play remain…

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

Posted by Thomas Ezan, Sr Developer Relations Engineer and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager Karrot is a hyperlocal, community-driven peer-to-peer marketplace app that enables users to buy, sell, and trade…

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

Posted by Meghan Mehta, Android Developer Relations Engineer Today, the Jetpack Compose April ‘26 release is stable. This release contains version 1.11 of core Compose modules (see the full BOM mapping),…

Streamline User Journeys with Verified Email via Credential Manager

Posted by Niharika Arora, Senior Developer Relations Engineer and Jean-Pierre Pralle, Product Manager, Credential Manager In the modern digital landscape, the first encounter a user has with an app is…

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

Android Studio Panda 4 is now stable and ready for you to use in production. This release brings Planning Mode, Next Edit Prediction, and more, making it easier than ever…

Experimental hybrid inference and new Gemini models for Android

If you are an Android developer looking to implement innovative AI features into your app, we recently launched powerful new updates: Hybrid inference, a new API for Firebase AI Logic…