Posted by Sandhya Mohan, Senior Product Manager and Trevor Johns, Developer Relations Engineer We are excited to announce that Android Studio Otter 3 Feature Drop is now stable! This feature-packed release brings a huge update to Read more…
Posted by Amrit Sanjeev, Developer Relations Engineer and Trevor Johns, Developer Relations Engineer Ultrahuman is a consumer health-tech startup that provides daily well-being insights to users based on biometric data from the company’s wearables, like Read more…
Posted by Kristina Simakova, Engineering Manager Media3 1.9.0 – What’s new? Media3 1.9.0 is out! Besides the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the latest release also contains four new or largely rewritten modules: media3-inspector Read more…
Posted by Fahd Imtiaz – Product Manager, Android Developer Goodbye Mobile Only, Hello Adaptive: Three essential updates from 2025 for building adaptive apps In 2025 the Android ecosystem has grown far beyond the phone. Today, Read more…
Posted by Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations Engineer A few months ago we relaunched Androidify as an app for generating personalized Android bots. Androidify transforms your selfie photo into a playful Android bot using Gemini Read more…
Posted by Donovan McMurray, Developer Relations Engineer We recently shared how Instagram enabled users to take stunning low light photos using Night Mode. That feature is perfect for still images, where there’s time to combine Read more…
Posted by Thomas Ezan, Senior Developer Relations Engineer Today, we’re expanding the Gemini 3 model family with the release of Gemini 3 Flash, frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost. You Read more…
Posted by Sam Bright – VP & GM, Google Play + Developer Ecosystem Hi everyone, Thank you for making 2025 another amazing year for Google Play. Together, we’ve built Play into something much more than Read more…
Posted by Santiago Aboy Solanes – Software Engineer, Vladimír Marko – Software Engineer The Android Runtime (ART) team has reduced compile time by 18% without compromising the compiled code or any peak memory regressions. This Read more…
Posted by Matthew Forsythe , Director, Product Management, App & Ecosystem Trust and Ron Aquino Sr. Director, Trust and Safety, Chrome, Android and Play Earlier this year, we reiterated our commitment to keeping Android and Read more…