A Unified View of Device Security

At Android, we are constantly working to provide developers and enterprise partners with the data they need to keep devices protected. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the stable release of…

Pushing the frontier with challenging long-horizon tasks

When we first launched Android Bench, we built a rigorous foundation for evaluating how large language models (LLMs) assist developers with real-world Android tasks. As AI models and agents rapidly…

Introducing Fast and Reliable Wireless Debugging with Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Wi-Fi 2.0

Posted by Steven Jenkins, Product Manager, Sherif Eid, Senior Software Engineer, and Fabien Sanglard, Staff Software Engineer, Android Studio Wireless debugging on Android is now faster, more reliable, and easier…

Leverage Android skills and Gemma 4 in Android Studio Quail 4

Android Studio Quail 4 is now stable and ready for you to use in production. This is the final stable release for Android Studio Quail. The new features in Android…

Emulator control for adaptive app development

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?…

How WhatsApp Upgraded to Secure, Seamless Sign-In for 1 Billion Users with Passkeys

Posted by Niharika Arora, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager, Google and  Mayank Manuja, Android Engineer, Meta WhatsApp is the world’s largest messaging platform, serving billions of…

Reducing memory usage and improving device migration

Posted by Raghavendra Hareesh Pottamsetty, GM, Google Play Developer & Monetization Maintaining a healthy Android ecosystem is a shared commitment where every app and game has a role to play.…

Protecting Users from Non-Consensual Intimate Content

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…

Android Developers Blog: AAOS SDV

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…

Preparing your app for broader memory limits

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…