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Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Product Manager, Android Developer Experience Today, Android is launching a few updates across the platform! This includes the start of Android 16’s rollout, with details for both developers and users, a Developer Preview for enhanced Android desktop experiences with connected displays, and updates for Android users across Google apps and more, plus the June Pixel Drop. We’re also recapping all the Google I/O updates for Android developers focused on building excellent, adaptive Android apps. With new form factors emerging continually, the Android ecosystem is more dynamic than ever. From phones and foldables to tablets, Chromebooks, TVs,…
To begin, you crash land on an aliment planet with a world of underwater wonder. While trying to survive the watery landscape, you’ll need to find water, food, and develop the equipment needed to explore. During dives, you’ll need to manage hunger, thirst, and oxygen supply while encountering friendly and hostile creates and scattered clues from a previous time. Collecting resources from the ocean will help you craft more advanced items. Some items you’ll look to build include a shelter, vehicles to pilot, tools for survival, and aids for navigation. There are multiple ways to play. Along with the original…
Posted by Francesco Romano – Developer Relations Engineer on Android, and Fahd Imtiaz – Product Manager, Android Developer Today, Android is launching a few updates across the platform! This includes the start of Android 16’s rollout, with details for both developers and users, a Developer Preview for enhanced Android desktop experiences with connected displays, and updates for Android users across Google apps and more, plus the June Pixel Drop. We’re also recapping all the Google I/O updates for Android developers focused on building excellent, adaptive Android apps. Android has continued to evolve to enable users to be more productive on…
Posted by Naheed Vora – Senior Product Manager, Android App Safety We understand you want clear Play policy guidance early in your development, so you can focus on building amazing experiences and prevent unexpected delays from disrupting launch plans. That’s why we’re making it easier to have smoother app publishing experiences, from the moment you start coding. With Play Policy Insights beta in Android Studio, you’ll get richer, in-context guidance on policies that may impact your app through lint warnings. You’ll see policy summaries, dos and don’ts to avoid common pitfalls, and direct links to details. We hope you caught…
Posted by François Deschênes Product Manager – Wear OS Today, we are announcing important changes to Wear OS watch face development that will affect how developers publish and update watch faces on Google Play. As part of our ongoing effort to enhance Wear OS app quality, we are moving towards supporting only the Watch Face Format and removing support for AndroidX / Wearable Support Library (WSL) watch faces. We introduced Watch Face Format at Google I/O in 2023 to make it easier to create watch faces that are customizable and power-efficient. The Watch Face Format is a declarative XML format,…
Posted by Kateryna Semenova – Sr. Developer Relations Engineer AI is reshaping how users interact with their favorite apps, opening new avenues for developers to create intelligent experiences. At Google I/O, we showcased how Android is making it easier than ever for you to build smart, personalized and creative apps. And we’re committed to providing you with the tools needed to innovate across the full development stack in this evolving landscape. This year, we focused on making AI accessible across the spectrum, from on-device processing to cloud-powered capabilities. Here are the top 3 announcements you need to know for building…
You probably already have a day-to-day calendar app like the stock iPhone version or a popular third-party option like Fantastical. Those are great to show what’s happening today, the next day, or even next week. But Timescape gives a big-picture view. The app provides a full-screen grid view showing an entire year without gaps between the months. All events for the entire year are visible on the grid. Events with single days are shown as dots. Anything that spans over multiple days or an entire day is shown as a capsule. To help keep an eye on the big picture,…
Posted by Sandhya Mohan – Product Manager, and Jose Alcérreca – Developer Relations Engineer Software development is undergoing a significant evolution, moving beyond reactive assistants to intelligent agents. These agents don’t just offer suggestions; they can create execution plans, utilize external tools, and make complex, multi-file changes. This results in a more capable AI that can iteratively solve challenging problems, fundamentally changing how developers work. At Google I/O 2025, we offered a glimpse into our work on agentic AI in Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) focused on Android development. We showcased that by combining agentic AI with the…
June was busy with new Apple software announcements. But there were also a number of great new apps. Take a look at our roundup of the best new apps from the month. Along with some great new Adobe apps, we’re higlighting a perfect way to keep your HomeKit setup working well and more. See the entire list here. Source link
Posted by Meghan Mehta – Android Developer Relations Engineer #1 Agentic AI is available for Gemini in Android Studio Gemini in Android Studio is the AI-powered coding companion that makes you more productive at every stage of the dev lifecycle. At Google I/O 2025 we previewed new agentic AI experiences: Journeys for Android Studio and Version Upgrade Agent. These innovations make it easier for you to build and test code. We also announced Agent Mode, which was designed to handle complex, multi-stage development tasks that go beyond typical AI assistant capabilities, invoking multiple tools to accomplish tasks on your behalf.…