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Our first Spotlight Week: diving into Android 15




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...
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Android 15 is released to AOSP




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...
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Android Studio Koala Feature Drop is Stable!




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 ...
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Adding 16 KB Page Size to Android




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...
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The Fourth Beta of Android 15




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...
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The Third Beta of Android 15




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...
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3 must-know updates from Google Play at I/O ’24




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...
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Enabling safe AI experiences on Google Play




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...
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Android for Cars: Bringing more apps to cars




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...
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What’s new in Wear OS – I/O ’24




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...
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Latest updates for watch faces on Wear OS




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...
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The Second Beta of Android 15




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...
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I/O 2024: What’s new in Google Play




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 ...
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What’s new in Jetpack Compose at I/O ‘24




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...
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More frequent, focused updates for Android Studio




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...
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