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Posted by Caren Chang – Developer Relations Engineer, Chengji Yan – Software Engineer, Taj Darra – Product Manager We are excited to announce a set of on-device GenAI APIs, as part of ML Kit, to help you integrate Gemini Nano in your Android apps. To start, we are releasing 4 new APIs: Summarization: to summarize articles and conversations Proofreading: to polish short text Rewriting: to reword text in different styles Image Description: to provide short description for images Key benefits of GenAI APIs GenAI APIs are high level APIs that allow for easy integration, similar to existing ML Kit APIs.…
Posted by Sa-ryong Kang and Miguel Montemayor – Developer Relations Engineers Peacock is NBCUniversal’s streaming service app available in the US, offering culture-defining entertainment including live sports, exclusive original content, TV shows, and blockbuster movies. The app continues to evolve, becoming more than just a platform to watch content, but a hub of entertainment. Today’s users are consuming entertainment on an increasingly wider array of device sizes and types, and in particular are moving towards mobile devices. Peacock has adopted Jetpack Compose to help with its journey in adapting to more screens and meeting users where they are. Disclaimer: Peacock…
Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer Since launching the Android XR SDK Developer Preview alongside Samsung, Qualcomm, and Unity last year, we’ve been blown away by all of the excitement we’ve been hearing from the broader Android community. Whether it’s through coding live-streams or local Google Developer Group talks, it’s been an outstanding experience participating in the community to build the future of XR together, and we’re just getting started. Today we’re excited to share an update to the Android XR SDK: Developer Preview 2, packed with new features and improvements to help you develop…
Posted by Nick Butcher – Product Manager At Google I/O 2025, we announced a host of features, performance, stability, libraries, and tools updates for Jetpack Compose, our recommended Android UI toolkit. With Compose you can build excellent apps that work across devices. Compose has matured a lot since it was first announced (at Google I/O 2019!) and we’re now seeing 60% of the top 1,000 apps in the Play Store such as MAX and Google Drive use and love it. New Features Since I/O last year, Compose Bill of Materials (BOM) version 2025.05.01 adds new features such as: Autofill support…
Posted by Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations Engineer Wear OS has a thriving watch face ecosystem featuring a variety of designs that also aims to minimize battery impact. Developers have embraced the simplicity of creating watch faces using Watch Face Format – in the last year, the number of published watch faces using Watch Face Format has grown by over 180%*. Today, we’re continuing our investment and announcing version 4 of the Watch Face Format, available as part of Wear OS 6. These updates allow developers to express even greater levels of creativity through the new features we’ve added. And…
Everybody Shogi is a new take on the traditional strategy board game. Featuring colorful visuals, intuitive controls, and puzzle-style games, you’ll learn shoji in a casual way. There are daily challenges to enjoy and the ability to unlock unique piece designs, and build custom decks. You can play real-time matches against players from around the world or cross play across devices. Source link
Posted by Chiara Chiappini – Developer Relations Engineer This year, we’re excited to introduce Wear OS 6: the most power-efficient and expressive version of Wear OS yet. Wear OS 6 introduces the new design system we call Material 3 Expressive. It features a major refresh with visual and motion components designed to give users an experience with more personalization. The new design offers a great level of expression to meet user demand for experiences that are modern, relevant, and distinct. Material 3 Expressive is coming to Wear OS, Android, and all your favorite Google apps on these devices later this…
Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer Today at Google I/O, we announced the many ways we’re helping you build excellent, adaptive experiences, and helping you stay more productive through updates to our tooling that put AI at your fingertips and throughout your development lifecycle. Here’s a recap of 16 of our favorite announcements for Android developers; you can also see what was announced last week in The Android Show: I/O Edition. And stay tuned over the next two days as we dive into all of the topics in more detail! Building AI into your Apps…
Posted by Ben Trengrove – Developer Relations Engineer, Matt Dyor – Product Manager To empower Android developers, we’re excited to announce Android Studio’s new Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) Shared Module Template. This template was specifically designed to allow developers to use a single codebase and apply business logic across platforms. More specifically, developers will be able to add shared modules to existing Android apps and share the business logic across their Android and iOS applications. This makes it easier for Android developers to craft, maintain, and most importantly, own the business logic. The KMP Shared Module Template is available within Android…
Posted by J. Eason – Director, Product Management The next generation of foldable and wearable devices from Samsung has arrived. Yesterday at Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung introduced the new Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7, and Galaxy Watch8 series. For Android developers, these devices represent an exciting new opportunity to create engaging and adaptive experiences that reach even more users on their favorite screens. With new advancements in adaptive development and the launch of Wear OS 6, it has never been a better time to build for the expanding Android device ecosystem. Learn more about what these new devices mean for…