Android Developers Blog: June 2025
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Michael Stillwell – Developer Relations EngineerThis post is part of Wear OS Spotlight Week. Today, we're focusing on creating engaging experiences across the various surfaces available on the wrist.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Kseniia Shumelchyk – Engineering Manager, Android Developer Relations, and Rastislav Vaško – Head of Android at DoistSince we expanded Android to smartwatches, Todoist has continually evolved their Wear OS experience. In the latest version of the platform, Wear OS 6, they leveraged Compose for Wear OS to bring Material 3 Expressive best practices to life, refreshing their app’s and tile’s appearance in the process.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Michael Stillwell Developer Relations Engineer| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations EngineerThis post is part of Wear OS Spotlight Week. Today, we're focusing on creating engaging experiences across the various surfaces available on the wrist.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Suzanne Frey – VP, Product, Trust & Growth for AndroidYou shouldn’t have to choose between open and secure. By engineering security into the core part of the OS, Android has proven that you can have both, and we continue taking new steps in that direction.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Chiara Chiappini – Android Developer Relations Engineer, and Kevin Hufnagle - Android Technical Writer| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Chiara Chiappini – Android Developer Relations Engineer, and Kevin Hufnagle - Android Technical Writer| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Caren Chang - Developer Relations Engineer, Joanna (Qiong) Huang - Software Engineer, and Chengji Yan - Software EngineerThe latest version of Gemini Nano, our most powerful multi-modal on-device model, just launched on the Pixel 10 device series and is now accessible through the ML Kit GenAI APIs. Integrate capabilities such as summarization, proofreading, rewriting, and image description directly into your apps.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Fahad Durrani Product Management, Google TVGoogle TV and Android TV will require 64-bit app compatibility to support upcoming 64-bit TV devices starting August 2026.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Fahd Imtiaz – Senior Product Manager and Kseniia Shumelchyk – Engineering Manager, Developer RelationsThis week at Made by Google, we introduced the new suite of Pixel devices, including the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 4. These devices are more than just an evolution in hardware; they are built to showcase the latest updates in Android, creating new possibilities for you to build experiences that are more helpful, personal, and adaptive than before.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Marketing| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Xavier Ducrohet – Tech Lead, Android Studio and Adarsh Fernando – Group Product Manager, Android StudioLast year, we doubled our release frequency for Android Studio with the introduction of Feature Drops, a change designed to bring you new features and improvements more quickly. Today, we're excited to announce the next evolution in our release schedule: we're moving to monthly stable releases of Android Studio.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Adarsh Fernando – Group Product Manager, Android Studio, and Grant Yang – Sr. Product Manager, OmnilabToday, we're excited to give you an update on Android Device Streaming and announce that Android Partner Device Labs are now stable and available in the latest stable release of Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop!| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Meghan Mehta – Developer Relations Engineer and Nick Butcher – Product ManagerToday, the Jetpack Compose August ‘25 release is stable. This release contains version 1.9 of core compose modules (see the full BOM mapping), introducing new APIs for rendering shadows, 2D scrolling, rich styling of text transformations, improved list performance, and more!| Android Developers Blog
Media3 1.8.0 release features a scrubbing mode in ExoPlayer, live streaming ad support with HLS interstitials, updated MetadataRetriever, and more.| Android Developers Blog
Learn how Peacock used Jetpack Compose to build an adaptive Android app delivering seamless streaming experiences across various screens and devices.| Android Developers Blog
Build adaptive apps that support various screen sizes and orientations, promoting consistent user experiences across different Android devices.| Android Developers Blog
Automate tracking feature requirements and maximize availability with badging.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
Chrome on Android will soon natively support third-party autofill services, providing a smoother user experience.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer MarketingHow do you tackle the planet's biggest sustainability and environmental challenges? For 10 new founders we’re spotlighting in #WeArePlay, it starts with coding. Their apps and games are helping to build a healthier planet by developing career paths for aspiring environmentalists, preserving indigenous knowledge, and turning nature education into an adventure for all.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by John Reck – Software EngineerFor Android developers, delivering exceptional visual experiences is a continuous goal. High Dynamic Range (HDR) unlocks new possibilities, offering the potential for more vibrant and immersive content. Technologies like UltraHDR on Android are particularly compelling, providing the benefits of HDR displays while maintaining crucial backwards compatibility with SDR displays. On Android you can use HDR for both video and images.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Paris Hsu – Product Manager, Android StudioThe next wave of innovation is here with Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop. We're thrilled to announce that Gemini in Android Studio's Agent Mode is now available in the stable release, ready to tackle your most complex coding challenges. This release also brings powerful new tools for XR development, continued quality improvements, and key updates to enhance your productivity and help you build high-quality apps.| Android Developers Blog
Meet U.S. founders who created apps and games on Google Play to solve personal challenges, innovating their way into widely impactful solutions.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Marketing| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Laura Nechita – Product Manager, Google Play and Rejane França – Group Product Manager, Google PlayStarting today, Google Play is revamping the way developers can manage one time products, providing greater flexibility and new ways to sell. Play has continually enhanced the ways developers can reach buyers by helping you to diversify the way you can sell products.| Android Developers Blog
Posted by Dan Galpin – Android Developer RelationsTo better support you and provide earlier, more consistent access to in-development features, we are announcing a significant evolution in our pre-release program. Moving forward, the Android platform will have a Canary release channel, which will replace the previous developer preview program. This Canary release channel will function alongside the existing beta program.| Android Developers Blog
Explore Samsung's new Galaxy Watch8 (Wear OS 6), Z Fold7, and Z Flip7, offering developers new tools for adaptive and personal Android experiences.| Android Developers Blog
The Android XR SDK, a new platform for building extended reality (XR) experiences on Android, is now available for devs to try, and to give feedback.| Android Developers Blog
Learn about Android's upcoming move to 16KB page sizes for performance gains, with tools in Android Studio to help app developers transition.| Android Developers Blog
Explore Gemini's Agent mode in Android Studio, a new experimental capability offering intelligent assistance for faster, more intuitive development.| Android Developers Blog
Explore the top 3 Google I/O '25 Android AI announcements, making AI development easier and smarter with Gemini Nano, AI Edge, and Firebase AI Logic.| Android Developers Blog
Android 16 is released, featuring updates for developers around performance, security, camera, and media to make apps more efficient and adaptive.| Android Developers Blog
Google I/O '25 features 16 key announcements for Android developers, including AI integration, enhancements to design, camera and media, and more.| Android Developers Blog
Key updates from Google I/O 2025 highlight the importance of adaptive app development for reaching users across various Android devices.| Android Developers Blog
Desktop windowing on Android tablets enables users to run multiple apps simultaneously and resize windows for optimal multitasking.| Android Developers Blog
Google Play is requiring new apps and updates targeting Android 15+ to support 16KB page sizes for performance enhancement starting November 1.| Android Developers Blog
Android 16 Beta 2 is now available, with new features for professional camera experiences, graphical effects, performance improvements, and more.| Android Developers Blog
The Android P Developer Preview includes built-in support for DNS over TLS. We added a Private DNS mode to the Network & internet settings.| Android Developers Blog
The first Developer Preview of Android 16 is available now, featuring faster API releases, new API level constants, an embedded photo picker and more.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.| Android Developers Blog
The first developer preview of Android 15 is here! New capabilities include thermal headroom thresholds, advanced flash strength adjustments and more.| Android Developers Blog
Today we're excited to announce that we're switching the default language for build scripts to Kotlin! We've been working with the Gradle and JetBrain| Android Developers Blog
We’re piloting an experimental Android WebView Media Integrity API with select embedded media providers early next year.| Android Developers Blog
