Widgets on lock screen: FAQ

Posted by Tyler Beneke – Product Manager, and Lucas Silva – Software Engineer Widgets are now available on your Pixel Tablet lock screens! Lock screen widgets empower users to create…

Always Remember Special Events With the Updated Dateminder

At the start, the app syncs key dates from your contacts like birthdays and anniversaries. You can also manually add in an event. The results are then shown in an…

Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O.

Discord, the social chat app popular with the video game community, has met with investment bankers in recent weeks to discuss preparations for an initial public offering as soon as…

Common media processing operations with Jetpack Media3 Transformer

Posted by Nevin Mital – Developer Relations Engineer, and Kristina Simakova – Engineering Manager Android users have demonstrated an increasing desire to create, personalize, and share video content online, whether…

5 Best Learning Apps for Toddlers on Apple TV

Endless Learning Academy for Apple TV provides thousands of lively animations for teaching children ages 2 to 6. With reading, spelling, numbers, and more, there are 10 trial activities and…

Crystal Of Altan Enters Pre Registration—Is It The Cross-Play MMO We’ve Been Waiting For?

Crystal Of Altan is a massively multiplayer action RPG, with some pretty flashy visuals and a world that promises to combine magic and tech. It uses a class-based character system,…

SoundCloud uses Jetpack Glance to build Liked Tracks widget in just 2 weeks

Posted by Summers Pittman – Developer Relations Engineer To make it even easier for users to listen on Android, developers at SoundCloud — an artist-first music platform — turned to…

Android Developers Blog: Introducing Widget Quality Tiers

Posted by Ivy Knight – Senior Design Advocate Level up your app Widgets with new quality tiers Widgets can be a powerful tool for engaging users and increasing the visibility…

Design with Widget Canonical Layouts

Posted by Summers Pitman – Developer Relations Engineer, and Ivy Knight – Senior Design Advocate Widgets can bring more productive, delightful and customized experiences to users’ home screens, but they…

Tune in for our winter episode of #TheAndroidShow on March 13!

Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director – Android Developer Relations In just a few days, on Thursday, March 13 at 10AM PT, we’ll be dropping our winter episode of #TheAndroidShow, on…