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With 3+ billion Android devices in use globally, the Android ecosystem is more vibrant than ever. Android mobile apps run on a diverse range of devices, from phones and foldables to tablets, Chromebooks, cars, and most recently XR. Users buy into an

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To empower tablet users to get more done, we're enhancing freeform windowing, allowing them to run multiple apps simultaneously and resize windows for optimal multitasking. Today, we're excited to share that desktop windowing on Android tablets is

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The promise of Jetpack Compose has always been that a modern toolkit designed to build native UI can help you build better apps faster and easier. As more and more of you - 40% of the top 1k apps, in fact - use (and love) Compose, we’ve been working

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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 year’s Google I/O, we covered building adaptable apps,

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Google Play filters which apps are available to download based on required features. If the user’s device doesn’t support some hardware or software feature, then an app that requires that feature won’t be available for the user to download.

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As large screens become increasingly important within the Android app ecosystem, we are committed to enhance tools to help Android developers adapt their apps for these large screen form factors. In doing so, we strive to ensure that we can bring

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Zoom is an all-in-one collaboration platform. Whether supporting work streams through video, chat, or the platform’s smart recordings and whiteboard tools, the team at Zoom aims to simplify personal and professional communications. For Zoom

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Deezer is a global music streaming platform that provides users access to over 110 million tracks. Deezer aims to make its application easily accessible, letting users listen to their audio when, where, and how they want. With the growing popularity

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Last month at Google I/O, we announced that Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold are joining our Pixel family of devices, and this month, as consumers purchase them, they are opening them up and downloading their favorite apps, including perhaps…yours! We’ve

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At Google I/O we announced that Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold are joining our Pixel family of devices. With pre-orders ongoing, now is the time to update your applications to work great on these devices! This blog covers two topics: what makes Pixel

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Large foldables, tablets, and desktop devices like Chromebooks – with more active large screen Android devices each year, it’s more important than ever for apps to ensure they provide their users with a seamless experience on large screens. For

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As one of the largest domestic streaming and digital content services in Japan, U-NEXT is always looking for new ways to connect its users to their favorite content. In just a single application, the platform hosts an extensive library of over

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Kakaonavi prides itself on providing fast, accurate routes while offering several other helpful features, including directions to the nearest EV charging stations, car wash order services, navigation data, maintenance reminders, and more. As Korea’s

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This past year was a special one for the Android community, from the release of Android 13, a big investment in tablets and large screens, the latest in wearable technology to all of the investments in Modern Android Development! It was terrific to

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As a developer, you want to leverage camera capabilities in your app, so you decide to adopt the Android Camera Framework. The first use case you want to implement is the Preview use case, which shows the output of the camera sensor on the screen. So

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Large screens, such as tablets and foldables, are not always held and engaged with the same way as a smaller device like a phone. In the image below, you can see an example of how easily users can reach each area of a tablet with a width greater than

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At Android Dev Summit in October we highlighted the growth we’re seeing in large screen devices like tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks. We talked about how we’re making it easier to build great app experiences for these devices through new Jetpack

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There are over a quarter billion large screen devices running Android across tablets, foldables, and ChromeOS devices. In just the last 12 months we’ve seen nearly 100 million new Android tablet activations–a 20% year-over-year growth, while

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At Google I/O this year, we talked about how your app can take advantage of Android's different screens, both large and small. But if you missed the show, here are the top things you should know: Tablets, Foldables, and Large Screens It's more

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As Android developers, we are all driven by building experiences that delight people around the world. And with people depending on your apps more than ever, expectations are higher and your jobs as developers aren’t getting easier. Today, at Google

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Users are seeing more value in larger screens, and the benefits of doing more with a single device. Apps designed for large screen devices increase those benefits even further. The ability to fold a screen offers better ergonomics for large devices.

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From day one, we designed Android to be a flexible, adaptive platform. Most people picture a smartphone when they think of Android, but Android also powers an amazing number of large-screen devices. In fact, there are more than 175 million Android

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Historically, your app could have lived in the same window and with a fixed orientation for its whole life cycle. But with the availability of new form factors, such as foldable devices, and new display modes such as multi-window and multi-display,

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Canonical layouts provide a great starting point for differentiated large screen experiences, covering common use-cases and screen sizes. But how do you choose the right layout for your app, or build on top of canonical layouts to create an adaptive

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Come learn best practices for building your Android application so it will work well on larger screens and foldables! We cover everything from new Android Studio tools, new and updated Jetpack libraries, and more specific design and development

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Learn how to build adaptive layouts for every screen size. Develop the mindset for building UI with Compose to create a great user experience across phones, tablets, foldables and ChromeOS devices. Resources: Build adaptive layouts →

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Android Studio is making it easier and faster to expand your app across multiple form factors from large to small! Come take a tour across the IDE where we walk you through new tools and improved features such as Visual Linting, Reference Devices,

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With the increase in large screen devices, users are using multiple apps at the same time more and more. By adding support for dragging and dropping content from/into your app, you can cut out friction and delight your users with great cross-app

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Android has over 270 million active large screen devices today. With every new large screen device introduced, the importance of optimizing your app for keyboard and mouse support continues to grow. This talk dives into the code you can use to

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Writing a single navigation system that can handle phones, ChromeOS devices, and everything in between can appear daunting. We talk through strategies for approaching this work and how Navigation Compose can be used alongside the canonical layouts to

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we're covering updates on Android 13 Beta 4, Predictive back gestures, Jetpack Compose, Wear OS, Text gradients, Large screens, System

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Explore key concepts and strategies for adapting mobile apps to large screen devices, such as tablets and foldables. Dig into the challenges of optimizing design and finding ways to meet the changing expectations of your users, in order to offer the

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Did you catch all of the latest in large screens development at #AndroidDevSummit ‘21? If not, don’t worry, Android Engineering Manager, Clara Bayarri recaps the top three announcements to know about developing for large screens in 90 seconds. From

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Large Screens represent an important and the fastest growing segment of active Android devices, so now is the time to make your UI adapt to larger form factors. Join us as we guide you through the state of the ecosystem, focusing on new design

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Welcome back to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Manuel Vivo and Dan Galpin cover updates on Jetpack Compose, Android 12 and privacy, tooling, Kotlin, large screens,

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Did you miss the latest in Building across screens at Google I/O 2021? Product Manager Diana Wong will recap the top three announcements from this year’s Google I/O! Form Factors at Google I/O 2021 → https://goo.gle/3pdQDxQ Subscribe to Android

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Chromebooks have built in capabilities for developers to develop and run their apps on the same device, allowing them to build a better experience, especially for large screens. This video shows developers how to use their Chromebooks to take their