Posted by Lisa Martinez, Head of Security & Privacy Business Development, Google Play and Andrew Ahn, Product Manager, Play and Android App Safety




Google helps protect billions of users every day through the use of a robust set of tools desig...

Posted by Eric Bahna, Product Manager



In March, we published the Android for Cars App Library as part of Jetpack and most developers have already migrated their implementations to it! In addition to fantastic partner adoption, drivers have been ...

Posted by Luli Perkins, Developer Relations Program Manager





For the March edition of #AndroidDevJourney, we’re highlighting Android developers from all over the world with many different experiences. Early this year, we launched the #Andr...

Posted by Dan Galpin




We've added the Oboe C++ audio library to the
Android Game SDK. Oboe's support of high-performance, low-latency audio across the widest range of Android devices is the right choice for most game developers.


Single AP...

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering



Last month we shared the first preview of Android 12, an early look at the next version of Android. Today we’re bringing you the next milestone build in this year’s release, with more new features and c...

Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Developer Relations Engineer




We introduced Tiles in 2019, and since then, Tiles have become one of the most helpful and useful features on Wear OS by Google smartwatches. They are fast to access, convenient, and designed...

Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Developer Relations Engineer


On your marks...Get set… Wait a second! Save the date for the third week of the #AndroidDevChallenge! On March 13th, compete with other developers in your time zone; the fastest Compose skil...

Posted by Don Turner - Android Developer Relations Engineer




This article takes a look at what's changed in the Android ecosystem for audio developers recently, the audio latency of popular Android devices, and discusses Android's suitability for...

Posted by Neethi Thomas, Dafna Gal and Ashnil Dixit, Google Play


At Google Play, we’re committed to giving Android developers access to the largest possible market for your apps and games. Google Play already supports free and paid apps in over ...

Posted by Florina Muntenescu, Developer Relations Engineer



3...2...1… Time for another challenge! Welcome to the second week of the #AndroidDevChallenge! We loved seeing your creative submissions in week #1 so we can’t wait to see what you’ll b...

Posted by Tom Grinsted, Product Manager, Google Play



Today in Google Play Console, we’ve launched a suite of new metrics* and unique comparative benchmarks. Using these, you can evaluate your app or games’ engagement and monetization trends agai...

Posted by Eric Bahna, Product Manager


In January, we enabled the Google Play Store to accept open testing submissions of navigation, parking, and charging apps. It’s great to see many of you developing Android Auto apps and sending us feedback th...

Posted by Erica Hanson, Global Program Manager, Google Developer Student Clubs


Google Developer Student Clubs, a program of university based community groups for students interested in Google developer technologies, recently started hosting stu...

Posted by
Anna-Chiara Bellini, Product Manager, Nick Butcher, Developer Relations






Today, we’re launching the beta release of Jetpack Compose, our new UI toolkit designed to make it faster and easier to build native apps across all Android...

Posted by The Jetpack Compose Team


Jetpack Compose is Android’s modern toolkit for building native UI. It enables you to quickly bring your app to life with less code, powerful tools, and intuitive Kotlin APIs. With the Beta of Jetpack Compose re...

Posted by Chet Haase, Developer Relations Engineer




We recently finished another series of MAD Skills videos - this time on Motion Layout. We covered ways in which you can use the API and the design tool to create rich, custom, and complex animat...

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering


Every day, Android apps help billions of people work, play, communicate, and create on a wide range of devices from phones and laptops to tablets, TVs, and cars. As more people come to rely on the experie...

Posted by Hoi Lam, Android App Quality





Since the launch of Android more than 10 years ago, the platform and the user’s expectations have grown. There are improvements from user experience through material design to the importance and ad...

Posted by Ting-Yuan Huang‎, Software Engineer and David Winer, Product Manager







Today we are excited to announce the alpha of Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP), an all-new tool for building lightweight compiler plugins in Kotlin. KSP offers si...

Posted by Kat Kuan, Developer Advocate, Android




We strive to make Android development content accessible to all, so that anyone can become an Android developer. Over the years, millions of students at all different levels have consumed our learn...

Posted by Luli Perkins, Developer Relations Program Manager




We kicked off the #AndroidDevJourney to give members of our community the opportunity to share their stories through our social platforms. Each Saturday from January through June we’l...

Posted by Eric Bahna, Product Manager



In December, we opened the Google Play Store for publishing new Android Auto apps to closed testing. Today, you can reach more drivers by publishing navigation, parking, and charging apps to open testing tra...

Posted by Florina Muntenescu, Developer Relations Engineer






We just wrapped up another series of MAD Skills videos and articles - this time on Kotlin and Jetpack. We covered different ways in which we made Android code more expressive and con...

Posted by Eric Bahna, Product Manager


In October, we published the Android for Cars App Library to beta so you could start bringing your navigation, parking, and charging apps to Android Auto. Thanks for sending your feedback with our issue track...

Posted by Murat Yener, Developer Advocate





Today marks the release of the first Canary version of Android Studio Arctic Fox (2020.3.1), together with Android Gradle plugin (AGP) version 7.0.0-alpha01. With this release we are adjustin...

Posted by Ben Weiss, Developer Relations Engineer








The Android App Bundle series of Modern Android Development has just concluded. We finished off with a live Q&A session. I was joined by Chet Haase, Wojtek Kaliciński, and Iurii Makhno to ...

Posted by David Winer, Product Manager


The Android Kotlin Extensions Gradle plugin (not to be confused with Android KTX) was released in 2017 and brought two new conveniences to Android development in Kotlin:



Synthetics let you replace calls t...

Posted by Hoi Lam, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Platform




In 2021, we are continuing with our annual target API level update, requiring new apps to target API level 30 (Android 11) in August and in November for all app updates. In ad...

Posted by David Zeuthen, Shawn Willden and René Mayrhofer, Android Security and Privacy team






In the United States and other countries a Driver's License is not only used to convey driving privileges, it is also commonly used to prove identi...

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Global Marketing, Platforms & Ecosystems






We are launching the second series of the Apps, Games, & Insights podcast.


Over the summer, we teamed up with a new group of leading industry insiders and experts to ...

Posted by Eric Bahna, Product Manager


In August, we announced plans to expand Android Auto’s app ecosystem to enable new navigation, parking, and electric vehicle charging apps. We’ve been hard at work collaborating with our early access partners ...

Steve Suppe, Product Manager, Google Play





Publishing your app or game is one of the most important moments in your app’s lifecycle. You want everything to go smoothly, from making sure the production release is stable, to getting test rel...

Posted by Kylie McRoberts, Program Manager and Alec Guertin, Security Engineer




Google’s Android Security & Privacy team has launched the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (APVI) to manage security issues specific to Android OEMs. Th...

Posted by Sameer Samat, Vice President, Product Management


Developers are our partners and by pairing their creativity and innovation with our platforms and tools, together we create delightful experiences for billions of people around the world. Lis...

Posted by Mrinalini Loew, Group Product Manager


We are committed to providing powerful tools and services to help developers build and grow their businesses while ensuring a safe, secure and seamless experience for users. Today we are addressing som...

Posted by Tom Grinsted, Product Manager, Google Play Console



We hope you’re enjoying the new Google Play Console. With over 350,000 people now using it as their default experience and thousands more providing feedback, the new Play Console is re...

Posted by Haining Chen, Vishwath Mohan, Kevin Chyn and Liz Louis, Android Security Team





As phones become faster and smarter, they play increasingly important roles in our lives, functioning as our extended memory, our connection to the world...

Posted by Yafit Becher, Product Manager & Dan Galpin, Developer Advocate



Play Asset Delivery downloads the best supported texture for the device


Google Play Asset Delivery allows you to publish an Android App Bundle to Google Play contain...

Posted by Jay Kong, Gaming and Graphics Product Manager



With the rollout of Android 11 on Pixel, Android GPU Inspector (AGI) has graduated from a limited developer preview to an open beta. During the preview, AGI has been helpful in finding perf...

This is the final blog post for #11WeeksOfAndroid. Thank you for joining us over the past 11 weeks as we dove into key areas of Android development. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of everything we talked about during each week:


Week 1 ...