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Today, we are enhancing Android development with Gemma 4, our latest state-of-the-art open model designed with complex reasoning and autonomous tool-calling capabilities.
Matthew McCullough • 2 min read
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Product News
Every developer's AI workflow and needs are unique, and it's important to be able to choose how AI helps your development. In January, we introduced the ability to choose any local or remote AI model to power AI functionality in Android Studio
Matthew Warner • 2 min read
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Product News
Android Studio Panda 3 is now stable and ready for you to use in production. This release gives you even more control and customization over your AI-powered workflows, making it easier than ever to build high-quality Android apps.
Matt Dyor • 3 min read
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Product News
At Google, we’re committed to bringing the most capable AI models directly to the Android devices in your pocket. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the release of our latest state-of-the-art open model: Gemma 4.
Caren Chang, David Chou • 3 min read
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Product News
64-bit architectures provide performance improvements and a foundation for future innovation, delivering faster and richer experiences for your users. We’ve supported 64-bit CPUs since Android 5.
Michael Stillwell, Dimitris Kosmidis • 2 min read
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Case Studies
Monzo is a UK digital bank with 15 million customers and growing. As the app scaled, the engineering team identified app startup time as a critical area for improvement but worried it would require significant changes to their codebase.
Ben Weiss • 2 min read
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Product News
Media3 1.10 includes new features, bug fixes and feature improvements, including Material3-based playback widgets, expanded format support in ExoPlayer and improved speed adjustment when exporting media with Transformer.
Andrew Lewis • 2 min read
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18% Faster Compiles, 0% Compromises
The Android Runtime (ART) team has reduced compile time by 18% without compromising the compiled code or any peak memory regressions. This improvement was part of our 2025 initiative to improve compile time without sacrificing memory usage or the quality of the compiled code.
Santiago Aboy Solanes, Vladimír Marko • 8 min read
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Accelerating your insights with faster, smarter monetization data and recommendations
Today, we’re announcing a suite of upgrades to the Google Play Console and beyond, giving you greater visibility into your financial performance and specific, data-backed steps to improve it.
Phalene Gowling • 2 min read
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Android 16 QPR2 is Released
Android 16 QPR2 is now released and available in AOSP
Matthew McCullough • 4 min read
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