Posted by Terence Zhang – Developer Relations Engineer and Lisie Lillianfeld - Product Manager



TalkBack is Android’s screen reader in the Android Accessibility Suite that describes text and images for Android users who have blindness or low visio...

Posted by Aaron Labiaga- Android Developer Relations Engineer




By now, you’ve probably heard the news: Android 15 was just released earlier today to AOSP. To celebrate, we’re kicking off a new series called “Spotlight Week” where we’ll shine a li...

Posted by Alice Yuan – Developer Relations Engineer, in collaboration with Software Engineers – Matthew Valgenti and Emma Li – at Google



What is user initiated data transfer?

In Android 14 we introduced user-initiated data transfer jobs, or UIDT...

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer



Today we're releasing Android 15 and making the source code available at the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Android 15 will be available on supported Pixel de...

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing



In our latest film for #WeArePlay, which celebrates the people behind apps and games, we meet Robson from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As the co-founder of Estante Mágica, he created an app that turns ...

Posted by Sandhya Mohan, Product Manager, Android Studio



Today, we are thrilled to announce the stable release of Android Studio Koala Feature Drop (2024.1.2)!🐨

Earlier this year, we announced that every Android Studio animal version will have ...

Posted by Mayuri Khinvasara Khabya – Developer Relations Engineer, Google; in partnership with Bismark Ito - Android Developer, Rex Jin - Android Developer and Bei Yi - Partner Engineering





Meta’s Instagram is one of the world's most popular soc...

Posted by Terence Zhang – Developer Relations Engineer and Kristi Bradford - Product Manager




Google Pixel’s Recorder app allows people to record, transcribe, save, and share audio. To make it easier for users to manage and revisit their recordin...

Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director – Android Developer Relations



We just dropped our summer episode of #TheAndroidShow, on YouTube and on developer.android.com, where we unpacked all of the goodies coming out of this month’s Made by Google event ...

Posted by Steven Moreland – Staff Software Engineer, Sandeep Patil – Principal Software Engineer



A page is the granularity at which an operating system manages memory. Most CPUs today support a 4 KB page size and so the Android OS and applica...

Posted by Anirudh Dewani – Director, Android Developer Relations





In just a few days, on Tuesday, August 27 at 10AM PT, we’ll be dropping our summer episode of #TheAndroidShow, on YouTube and on developer.android.com. In this quarterly...

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing



Our celebration of app and game businesses continues with #WeArePlay stories from founders around the world. Today, we’re spotlighting the people who turned their passions into thriving business...

Posted by Daniel Trócoli – Google Play Partnerships



Back again for 2024, we’re opening up applications for Google Play’s Indie Games Fund in Latin America - as part of our commitment to helping developers of all sizes grow on Google Play. Check o...

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza – Product Management Director



Pixel just announced the latest devices coming to the Android ecosystem, including Pixel 9 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 3. These devices bring innovation to the foldable and wearable spaces, wi...

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing




In our latest film for #WeArePlay, which celebrates the people behind groundbreaking apps and games, Jakub takes us on a journey through the world of Amanita Design. Born in Prague, Czech Republi...

Posted by Grant Yang (Product Manager for OmniLab) & Adarsh Fernando (Product Manager for Android Studio)




At Google I/O 2024, we announced Android Device Streaming in open beta, which allows you as a developer to more easily access and int...

Posted by Bessie Jiang – Software Engineer and Chris Schneider – Security Engineer

Contributors: Maciej Szawłowski – Security Engineer, Hannah Barnes – Technical Program Manager, Dirk Göhmann – Technical Writer, Patrick Mutchler – Software Engineer...

Posted by Cullen Rotroff, Product Manager, Google Play



Over the past year, the Play Store has evolved into a dynamic discovery engine for your apps and their amazing content. We continue to invest in features that connect the best app experien...

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing



In 2022, #WeArePlay launched 153 stories about the people behind app and game companies across the United States. Since then, we've been on a virtual tour around the world with more stories fro...

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer



Today we're bringing you Beta 4, the last scheduled update in our Android 15 beta program, so make sure your apps are ready and you've given us any critical feedback befo...

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza – Product Management Director, Android Developer




Yesterday’s Galaxy Unpacked event from Samsung debuted the latest in foldables, wearables, and more! The event introduced the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6 and the Galaxy W...

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing



#WeArePlay celebrates the inspiring journeys of people behind apps and games on Google Play. In honor of Pride Month, we are highlighting founders who have built tools to empower the LGBTQIA+ commun...

Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Marketing



Last year #WeArePlay went on a virtual tour of India, Europe and Japan to spotlight the stories of app and game founders. Today, we’re continuing our tour across the world with our next stop: Austr...

Posted by Paris Hsu – Product Manager, Android Studio



We shared an exciting live demo from the Developer Keynote at Google I/O 2024 where Gemini transformed a wireframe sketch of an app's UI into Jetpack Compose code, directly within Android Stud...

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer





Today's Android 15 Beta 3 release takes Android 15 to Platform Stability, which means that the developer APIs and all app-facing behaviors are now final for you to revi...

Posted by Nick Sharma – Product Manager, Google Play



At Google Play, we’re passionate about helping people discover experiences they’ll love while empowering developers like you to bring your ideas to life and build successful businesses. At this...

Posted by Tomáš Mlynarič, Developer Relations Engineer



Max®, which launched in the US on May 23, 2023, is an enhanced streaming platform from Warner Bros. Discovery, delivering unparalleled quality content for everyone in the household. Max devel...

Posted by Nick Butcher – Product Manager for Jetpack Compose, and Florina Muntenescu – Developer Relations Engineer



adidas CONFIRMED is an app for the brand’s most loyal fans who want its latest, curated collections that aren’t found anywhere els...

Posted by Chris Arriola – Developer Relations Engineer



Google I/O 2024 was filled with lots of updates and announcements around helping you be more productive as a developer. Here are the top 3 announcements around Jetpack Compose and Form Factor...

Posted by Prabhat Sharma – Director, Trust and Safety, Play, Android, and Chrome



The rapid advancements in generative AI unlock opportunities for developers to create new immersive and engaging app experiences for users everywhere. In this time o...

Posted by Terence Zhang – Developer Relations Engineer




At Google I/O, we unveiled a vision of Android reimagined with AI at its core. As Android developers, you're at the forefront of this exciting shift. By embracing generative AI (Gen AI), you...

Posted by Leticia Lago – Developer Marketing





Born in Istanbul, Türkiye with limited sight, Zülal has been a power-user of visual assistive technologies since the age of 4. When she lost her sight completely at 10 years old, she found herself re...

Posted by Adarsh Fernando, Senior Product Manager, Android Developer Tools



Validating your app on a range of Android screens is an important step to developing a high quality Android app. However, getting access to the device you need, when you ...

Posted by Tram Bui, Developer Programs Engineer, Developer Relations



Google I/O 2024 was filled with the latest Android updates, equipping you with the knowledge and tools you need to build exceptional apps that delight users and stand out from t...

Posted by Ash Nohe and Tram Bui – Developer Relations Engineers




Before you read on, this topic is scoped to Views. Predictive Back with Compose is easier to implement and not included in this blog post. To learn how to implement Compose with Pr...

Posted by Murat Yener – Developer Relations Engineer






Following our recent Google I/O announcement recommending Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for sharing business logic across mobile, web, server, and desktop platforms, and our move to use KMP in ...

Posted by Matt Van Der Staay – Engineering Director, Google Home



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As the saying goes, “home is where the heart is.” It’s where we spend the most time; it’s your space to be comfortable...

Posted by Shobana Radhakrishnan – Senior Director of Engineering, Google TV, and Paul Lammertsma – Developer Relations Engineer




Over the past year, we’ve seen significant growth of Android TV OS, reaching 220 million monthly active devices with ...

Posted by Vivek Radhakrishnan – Technical Program Manager, and Seung Nam – Product Manager




With technology in cars becoming more capable, the opportunity to deliver safe and seamless connected experiences for drivers and passengers is greater th...

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza, Product Management Director, Android Developer



Scaling Across Screens with Jetpack Compose





The promise of Jetpack Compose has always been that a modern toolkit designed to build native UI can help you buil...

Kseniia Shumelchyk, Android Developer Relations Engineer, and Garan Jenkin, Android Developer Relations Engineer




Wear OS has seen incredible growth and advancements over the past year. With watch launches from Pixel, Samsung and more, Wear OS g...

Posted by Breana Tate - Developer Relations Engineer, Android Health




Android Health’s mission is to enable billions of Android users to be healthier through access, storage, and control of their health, fitness, and safety data. To further this ...

Posted by Anna Bernbaum – Product Manager, and Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations Engineer






At last year’s Google I/O, we launched the Watch Face Format for Wear OS. This year, as part of our continued partnership with Samsung, we are excited t...

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Product Manager, Android Developer



With Android reaching more devices, from phones to foldables to Chromebooks, building apps that seamlessly adapt to different screen sizes and types has never been more crucial. At this ye...

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering




Today we're releasing the second beta of Android 15, which continues our work to build a platform that helps improve your productivity, minimize battery impact, maximize smooth app performance, give user...

Posted by Mayank Jain – Product Manager, Android Studio




At Google I/O 2024, we announced an exciting new set of features and tools aimed at making Android development faster and easier. We also shared updates to Android Studio that will help y...

Posted by Matthew McCullough, Vice President, Product Management, Android Developer

 

AI is unlocking experiences that were not even possible a few years ago, and we’ve been hard at work reimaging Android with AI at the core, to help enable...

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza – Director, Product Management, and Jeffrey van Gogh – Director, Engineering




Traditionally, developers must either write code individually for each platform they want to target, or make a number of compromises in order...

Posted by Chris Arriola, Developer Relations Engineer and Nick Butcher, Product Manager for Jetpack Compose





As one of the largest audio streaming platforms in the world, SoundCloud supports a network of creators who use its service to upload a...

Posted by Ben Trengrove – Developer Relations Engineer, and Nick Butcher – Product Manager for Jetpack Compose





At Google I/O 2024, we announced the upcoming June ‘24 Jetpack Compose release, packed with features designed to make Android develop...

Posted by Paul Feng, Vice President of Product Management, Google Play




At Google Play, we’re passionate about helping people discover experiences they’ll love while empowering developers like you to bring your ideas to life and build successful ...

Posted by Yafit Becher – Product Manager



SDKs offer a wide range of benefits for app developers, but they can also impact apps in ways that aren’t always easy to identify or control. That’s why, in 2021, we launched Google Play SDK Console and in...

Posted by Adarsh Fernando, Senior Product Manager, Android Studio



Three years ago, we changed how we named and versioned Android Studio to make it easier to follow updates – we changed how we numbered the versions of the IDE to more closely map t...

Posted by Timothy Jordan – Director, Developer Relations and Open Source





Developers, get ready! Google I/O is just around the corner, kicking off live from Mountain View with the Google keynote on Tuesday, May 14 at 10 am PT, followed by the De...

Posted by Chris Wilk – Senior Product Manager, Android Health




At Google, we're committed to empowering developers to create innovative health and fitness experiences on Android. Over the past few years, we've been investing heavily in establishi...

Posted by Paris Hsu – Product Manager, Android Studio



Android Studio Jellyfish (2023.3.1) is making waves with its official stable release! 🪼🌊 Dive into cutting-edge AI features like Gemini in Android Studio, seamless Google services integrations...

Posted by Ben Trengrove - Developer Relations Engineer, Nick Butcher - Product Manager for Jetpack Compose




We are excited to announce that with the upcoming release of Kotlin 2.0, the Jetpack Compose compiler will move to the Kotlin repository....

Posted by Mayank Jain - Product Manager, and Yasser Dbeis - Software Engineer; Android Studio



Android developers have been telling us they're looking for tools to help optimize power consumption for different devices on Android.

The new Power P...

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering



Today we're releasing the first beta of Android 15. With the progress we've made refining the features and stability of Android 15, it's time to open the experience up to both developers and early adopter...

Posted by Nick Butcher – Product Manager for Jetpack Compose, and Florina Muntenescu – Developer Relations Engineer





As one of the world’s most popular cloud-based storage services, Google Drive lets people do more than just store their files on...