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Today, we officially celebrate five years since the release of Jetpack Compose 1.0. From version 1.0, announced on July 28th, 2021, to our latest 1.11 release, we’ve seen the APIs evolve significantly over the years, and we’re taking a moment to celebrate.
Rebecca Franks, Nick Butcher, Loryn Hairston • 5 min read -
Android Studio Quail 2 is now stable and ready for you to use in production, bringing a shift to your IDE with concurrent agentic workflows, natively integrated memory leak profiling, and context-aware crash remediation.
Amman Asfaw • 3 min read -
Back in March, we introduced Android Bench—our LLM leaderboard for real-world Android development tasks. Since then, we have enhanced the benchmark based on your feedback, including evaluating open-weight models and adding cost and efficiency dimensions to the leaderboard.
Zoe Lopez-Latorre • 3 min read -
At Google Play, we are committed to delivering the best possible experience to users, while ensuring developers have the tools and adaptability to succeed.
Paul Feng • 3 min read -
Last year, we introduced Android developer verification to strengthen ecosystem security and stop malicious actors from hiding behind anonymity to release harmful apps.
Matthew Forsythe • 2 min read -
From augmented overlays to fully immersive environments, the Android XR ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with the Samsung Galaxy XR already available today.
Stevan Silva, Vinny DaSilva • 3 min read
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