Generate Stunning Visuals in Your Android Apps with Imagen 3 via Vertex AI in Firebase

Posted by Thomas Ezan Sr. – Android Developer Relation Engineer (@lethargicpanda) Imagen 3, our most advanced image generation model, is now available through Vertex AI in Firebase, making it even…

Best New Games of February 2025

We’re highlighting our choices for the best games that arrived in February. Our top choice is a unique puzzler that showcases nature’s beauty—The Art of Fauna See our entire list…

Google Play enhances widget discovery to drive engagement with your app

Posted by Yinka Taiwo-Peters – Product Manager Android developers, we’ve heard you. Historically, one of the challenges with investing in widget development has been discoverability and user understanding. You’ve asked…

Why Android Widgets are a Game-Changer

Posted by André Labonté – Senior Product Manager, Android Widgets If you’re an Android app developer and you’re looking to boost your app’s visibility, and engagement, you should definitely consider…

Android Developers Blog: Spotlight Week: Design and Develop Widgets

Posted by Ash Nohe and Summers Pitman – Developer Relations Engineers We’re kicking off the next edition in our Spotlight Week series! This week, we’ll be diving deep into how…

Microsoft Will Shut Down Skype in Favor of a Free Version of Teams

Microsoft is finally hanging up on its longtime calling and messaging app Skype, which it acquired 14 years ago, signifying the end of an era for one of the oldest…

Best New Apps of February 2025

Even though February is the shortest month of the year, there was no shortage of great new apps. Take a look at our choices for the Best Apps of the…

A Conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Welcome to “Meet the Android Studio Team,” our new ongoing blog series. Each week, we’ll introduce you to the…

A Conversation with Android Developer UX Manager, Dan Dole

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Welcome to “Meet the Android Studio Team”! In this blog series, we introduce you to the passionate people who…

The Democratic Party Reconsiders a Huge, Vulnerable Database of Voter Information

Problems with a huge database of voter information that effectively functions as the central nervous system of the Democratic Party grew so worrisome last summer that top Democrats staged an…