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Android 14 Developer Preview 2




Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering
Today, we're releasing the second Developer Preview of Android 14, building on the work of the first developer preview of Android 14 from last month with additional enhancements to privacy, security, performa...

Let’s Go. It’s Google I/O 2023




Posted by Jeanine Banks, VP & General Manager, Developer X, and Head of Developer Relations



Google I/O is back and you’re invited to join us online May 10! Learn about Google’s latest solutions, products, and technologies for developers, th...

Tune In On Thursday To Watch #TheAndroidShow




Posted by the Compose team




In just a few days, on Thursday, March 9 at 10AM PT, we’ll be kicking off another episode of #TheAndroidShow! In this episode, we’ll unpack the latest Android foldables and large screens for you to get building on, ...

Policy Updates: New Wear OS App Quality Requirements




Posted by Ishaan Aggarwal, Product Manager





Today we are announcing upcoming policy changes intended to improve the quality of apps for Wear OS and their presentation in the Google Play Store. We are introducing these changes to ensure ap...

Feature Engineering In The Google Play Store




Posted by Harini Chandrasekharan, Staff Software Engineer, Google Play
The Google Play Store, launched 10 years ago in 2012 sits at the heart of Android, connecting billions of users with an equally staggering and ever-growing collection of apps and...

API Desugaring Supporting Android 13 And Java.nio




Posted by Clément Béra, Software engineerWe are happy to announce the release of a new version of API desugaring based on Android 13 and Java 11 language APIs. API desugaring allows developers to use more APIs without requiring a minimum API level f...

The First Developer Preview Of Android 14




Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering

Making Android work well for each and every one of the billions of Android users is a collaborative process between us, Android hardware manufacturers, and you, our developer community.




Today we're rele...

Android Studio Electric Eel




Posted by Paris Hsu, Product Manager, Android DeveloperAndroid Studio Electric Eel splash screenToday, we are ⚡️electrified⚡️ to announce the latest stable release of the official IDE for building Android applications: Android Studio Electric E...

Extending The Android SDK




Posted by Anton Hansson, Software EngineerAndroid 10 and higher support Modular System Components that allow us to expedite functional and security updates to the Android ecosystem outside of major API level releases and make new functionality backw...