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Stay up to date with the latest announcements, feature rollouts, and updates across Android tools, libraries, and platforms.
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Product NewsThe CameraX team is thrilled to announce the release of version 1.5! This latest update focuses on bringing professional-grade capabilities to your fingertips while making the camera session easier to configure than ever before.
Scott Nien • 7 min read -
CommunityIn our latest #WeArePlay stories, we meet the game creators who entertain, inspire and spark imagination in players around the world on Google Play.
Robbie McLachlan • 2 min read -
How-tosWe recently announced new developer verification requirements, which serve as an additional layer of defense in our ongoing effort to keep Android users safe. We know that security works best when it accounts for the diverse ways people use our tools.
Matthew Forsythe • 3 min read -
Product NewsA great user experience is built on a foundation of strong technical performance. We are committed to helping you create stable, responsive, and efficient apps that users love.
Karan Jhavar, Dan Brown, Eric Brenner • 3 min read -
Community
In our latest #WeArePlay stories, we meet the founders building apps and games that are making health and wellness fun and easy for everyone on Google Play.
Robbie McLachlan • 2 min read -
Product NewsHealth Connect is Android’s on-device platform designed to simplify connectivity between health and fitness apps, allowing developers to build richer experiences with secure, centralized data.
Brenda Shaw • 2 min read -
Case StudiesKakao Mobility is South Korea's leading mobility business, offering a range of transportation and delivery services, including taxi-hailing, navigation, bike and scooter-sharing, parking, and parcel delivery, through its Kakao T app.
Sa-ryong Kang, Caren Chang, Tracy Agyemang • 4 min read -
Case StudiesAs the world's largest online bus ticketing platform, redBus serves millions of travelers across India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
Thomas Ezan, Tracy Agyemang • 3 min read -
Case StudiesCalm is a leading mental health and wellness company with over 180 million downloads. When they started their development for Android XR, their core engineering team was able to build their first functional XR orbiter menus on Day 1 and a core experience in just two weeks.
Stevan Silva • 4 min read -
Product NewsWe’re in an important moment where AI changes everything, from how we work to the expectations that users have for your apps, and our goal on Android is to transform this AI evolution into opportunities for you and your users.
Matthew McCullough • 5 min read -
How-tosLast month, we shared new updates showcasing our evolving vision for Google Play: a place where people can discover the content and experiences they love and where you can build and grow sustainable businesses. Our commitment to your success is at the heart of our continued investments.
Paul Feng • 4 min read -
Product NewsAI is making it easier to create personalized app experiences that transform content into the right format for users. We previously enabled developers to integrate with Gemini Nano through ML Kit GenAI APIs tailored for specific use cases like summarization and image description.
Caren Chang, Chengji Yan, Penny Li • 2 min read -
How-tosInk API is now in beta and is ready to be integrated in your app.. This milestone was made possible by valuable developer feedback, leading to continuous improvements in the API's performance, stability, and visual quality.
Chris Assigbe • 11 min read -
How-tosCapturing fast-moving action with clarity is a key feature for modern camera apps. This is achieved through high-speed capture—the process of acquiring frames at rates like 120 or 240 fps.
Leo Huang • 6 min read -
Product NewsWe’re excited to announce that Material 3 Adaptive 1.2.0 is now stable! This release continues to build on the foundations of previous versions, expanding support to more breakpoints for window size classes and new strategies to place display panes automatically.
Rob Orgiu • 2 min read -
How-tosSamsung Galaxy XR is here, powered by Android XR! This blog post is part of our Android XR Spotlight Week, where we provide resources—blog posts, videos, sample code, and more—all designed to help you learn, build, and prepare your apps for Android XR.
Jan Kleinert • 4 min read -
Events & Programs
In just a few days, on Thursday, October 30th at 10AM PT, we’ll be dropping our Fall episode of The Android Show, on YouTube and on developer.android.com!
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How-tosSamsung Galaxy XR is here, powered by Android XR! This blog post is part of our Android XR Spotlight Week, where we provide resources—blog posts, videos, sample code, and more—all designed to help you learn, build, and prepare your apps for Android XR.
Luke Hopkins • 6 min read -
Product NewsSamsung Galaxy XR is here, powered by Android XR! This blog post is part of our Android XR Spotlight Week, where we provide resources—blog posts, videos, sample code, and more—all designed to help you learn, build, and prepare your apps for Android XR.
Luke Hopkins • 6 min read -
How-tosSamsung Galaxy XR is here, powered by Android XR! This blog post is part of our Android XR Spotlight Week, where we provide resources—blog posts, videos, sample code, and more—all designed to help you learn, build, and prepare your apps for Android XR.
Dereck Bridie • 9 min read
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