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What’s new in Jetpack Compose at I/O ‘24
Updated May 14, 2024
Note: An earlier version of this post listed the changes coming to Compose as being in the \ release. This release will now be in July and we have updated this post accordingly. At Google I/O 2024, we announced the upcoming July ‘24 Jetpack Compose
Embracing Android 14: Meta's Early Adoption Empowered Enhanced User Experience
Updated March 4, 2024
With the first Developer Preview of Android 15 now released, another new Android release that brings new features and under-the-hood improvements for billions of users worldwide will be coming shortly. As Android developers, you are key players in
Cloud photos now available in the Android photo picker
Updated February 13, 2024
Our photo picker has always been the gateway to your local media library, providing a secure, date-sorted interface for users to grant apps access to selected images and videos. But now, we're taking it a step further by integrating cloud photos from
What's new with Google Cast?
Updated January 9, 2024
Since we launched Google Cast in 2013, we've been working to bring casting capabilities to more apps and devices. We have come a long way. Now, users can cast to many new devices, like TVs, speakers, smart displays, and even the latest Pixel Tablet.
Meta built threads in only 5 months using Jetpack Compose
Updated October 27, 2023
Following its release in July of 2023, Meta’s Threads became the most rapidly downloaded app ever with over 100 million downloads in its first week. Meta created the new text-based social media platform as a place to build connections and have
Android 14 is live in AOSP
Updated October 4, 2023
Today we're releasing Android 14 and pushing the Android 14 source to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Android 14 is designed to improve your productivity as developers while enhancing performance, privacy, security, and customization for
Choosing the right storage experience
Updated August 10, 2023
The upcoming stable release of Android 14 is fast approaching. Now is a great time to test your app with this new release’s changes if you haven’t done so already. With Platform Stability, you can even submit apps targeting SDK 34 to the Google Play
Developers guide to Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet: get your app large screen ready
Updated June 15, 2023
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
Media transcoding and editing, transform and roll out!
Updated May 4, 2023
The creation of user-generated content is on the rise, and users are looking for more ways to personalize and add uniqueness to their creations. These creations are then shared to a vast network of devices, each with its own capabilities. The Jetpack
Delivering an immersive sound experience with Spatial Audio
Updated April 20, 2023
In Android 13 (API level 33), we introduced a new standardized platform architecture for spatial audio, a premium and more engaging sound experience. With spatial audio, your content sounds more realistic to users by making it sound as though they
Media3 is ready to play!
Updated March 23, 2023
Today, we’re pleased to announce the full release of the Jetpack Media3 library. After sharing a first look at the library at Android Developer Summit 2021, we published several alpha and beta releases over the past several months to ensure a
Introducing Camera Viewfinder
Updated November 21, 2022
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
Better Device Compatibility with CameraX
Updated October 26, 2022
In this post, we’ll look at three ways CameraX makes developers’ lives easier when it comes to device compatibility. First, we’ll take a peek into our CameraX Test Lab where we test over 150 physical phones every day. Second, we’ll look at Quirks,
Android 13 is in AOSP!
Updated August 15, 2022
Today we’re pushing the Android 13 source to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and officially releasing the newest version of Android. For developers, Android 13 is focused on our core themes of privacy and security as well as developer
Using performance class to optimize your user experience
Updated March 24, 2022
Today we're launching the Jetpack Core Performance library in alpha. This library enables you to easily understand what a device is capable of, and tailor your user experience accordingly. It does this by allowing you to obtain the device’s
Introducing Jetpack Media3
Updated October 27, 2021
Introducing Jetpack Media3 Today, we're launching the first alpha of Jetpack Media3. It's a collection of support libraries for media playback, including ExoPlayer. This article will explain why we created Media3, what it contains, and how it can
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