Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API
Posted by Wei Wang, Engineering Manager, Android BeTo User privacy and transparency are core to the Android experience. To better align with these principles, we are updating the default behavior…
Multi-task with the Android Studio AI agent
Posted by Amman Asfaw, Product Manager, Android Studio Android Studio Quail 2 is now stable and ready for you to use in production, bringing a shift to your IDE with…
the next era of Android Bench
Back in March, we introduced Android Bench—our LLM leaderboard for real-world Android development tasks. Our goal was to provide transparency around model capabilities in Android development and to encourage model…
Google Play launches the first Indie Games Fund in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to some of the world’s most creative storytelling. To help bring those stories to a global audience, today, we’re proud to announce the debut of Google…
HDR That Looks Right on Every Screen
Posted by Tibian Elsheikh, Product Manager, Android Core Graphics and Jeffrey Jose, Product Manager, Android Core Graphics We’ve all been there: You’re scrolling through your favorite social media feed in…
Expanded billing choice and lower fees on Google Play
Posted by Paul Feng, Vice President, Google Play Eng, Product, UX At Google Play, we are committed to delivering the best possible experience to users, while ensuring developers have the…
Building a safer ecosystem together
Posted by Matthew Forsythe, Director Product Management, Android App Safety Last year, we introduced Android developer verification to strengthen ecosystem security and stop malicious actors from hiding behind anonymity to…
Building a Mixed-Reality Tour Guide with Android XR, the Geospatial API, and Gemini
At this year’s Google I/O, we announced an update for spatial experiences: the Geospatial API is now available as a preview in ARCore for Jetpack XR. By bringing Google’s Visual…
Android Developers Blog: Android 17 is here
Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer Today we’re releasing Android 17 and making it available on most supported Pixel devices. Look for new devices running Android…
Tooling, Engine Support, and Ecosystem Updates
Posted by Stevan Silva, Group Product Manager, and Vinny DaSilva, Developer Relations Engineer, Android XR From augmented overlays to fully immersive environments, the Android XR ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with…









