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October 2026

  1. A more reliable way to add and edit contacts on Android
  2. Grab Reduces ANRs by 32% and improves startup time by 35% with R8 and Profile guided optimization
  3. Android Developers Blog is moving
  4. New ways to drive smarter discovery, deeper engagement, and business growth on Google Play
  5. Bringing our latest frontier model to Android Developers
  6. Bringing our latest frontier model to Android Developers
  7. New ways to drive smarter discovery, deeper engagement, and business growth on Google Play
  8. Introducing the Googlebook Linux Terminal Preview: A VM-Backed Environment for AI and Development
  9. Introducing the Googlebook Linux Terminal Preview: A VM-Backed Environment for AI and Development
  10. Device Streaming and Android skills - available in Android CLI
  11. Device Streaming and Android skills - available in Android CLI

September 2026

  1. How Instagram Direct engineers built AI-native UI architecture with Jetpack Compose and reduced token cost per agent session by 33%
  2. How Instagram Direct engineers built AI-native UI architecture with Jetpack Compose and reduced token cost per agent session by 33%
  3. Driving growth on Google Play: The next era of subscriptions
  4. Driving growth on Google Play: The next era of subscriptions
  5. Build intelligent Android apps: In-app agentic workflows
  6. Build your way: Use any AI agent of your choice in Android Studio
  7. Build your way: Use any AI agent of your choice in Android Studio
  8. Land your apps on Googlebook with adaptive development
  9. Land your apps on Googlebook with adaptive development
  10. Bring your Android game to the car screen today
  11. Bring your Android game to the car screen today
  12. Introducing the AndroidX Security State Libraries: A Unified View of Device Security
  13. Android Bench 2.0: Pushing the frontier with challenging long-horizon tasks
  14. Android Bench 2.0: Pushing the frontier with challenging long-horizon tasks
  15. Introducing the AndroidX Security State Libraries: A Unified View of Device Security
  16. Introducing Fast and Reliable Wireless Debugging with Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Wi-Fi 2.0
  17. Introducing Fast and Reliable Wireless Debugging with Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Wi-Fi 2.0
  18. Leverage Android skills and Gemma 4 in Android Studio Quail 4
  19. Leverage Android skills and Gemma 4 in Android Studio Quail 4

August 2026

  1. Emulator control for adaptive app development
  2. Emulator control for adaptive app development
  3. How WhatsApp Upgraded to Secure, Seamless Sign-In for 1 Billion Users with Passkeys
  4. How WhatsApp Upgraded to Secure, Seamless Sign-In for 1 Billion Users with Passkeys
  5. Elevating app quality: Reducing memory usage and improving device migration
  6. Elevating app quality: Reducing memory usage and improving device migration
  7. Ensuring Safety in the Generative AI Ecosystem: Protecting Users from Non-Consensual Intimate Content
  8. Ensuring Safety in the Generative AI Ecosystem: Protecting Users from Non-Consensual Intimate Content
  9. AAOS SDV - Secure by Design
  10. AAOS SDV - Secure by Design
  11. Preparing your app for broader memory limits
  12. Preparing your app for broader memory limits
  13. Tinder cuts app cold starts by 47% with new R8 Configuration Analyzer
  14. Jetpack XR SDK core libraries reach beta: The next milestone for Android XR
  15. Enhance your app for the new Pixel lineup: Unveiled at Made by Google
  16. Bring one-handed gestures to your Wear OS app
  17. What's new in the Jetpack Compose August '26 release
  18. Media3 1.11 - What's new?
  19. Inside Android Skills - Built for deprecation

July 2026

  1. Delivering safer, age-appropriate experiences on Google Play
  2. Celebrating 5 years of Jetpack Compose
  3. How R8 made Kotlin Coroutines on Android 2x faster
  4. Optimize your apps for the next generation of Samsung Galaxy devices
  5. Build intelligent Android apps: Cloud and hybrid inference
  6. Build intelligent Android apps: Integrate into Android's intelligence system using AppFunctions
  7. Build intelligent Android apps: Introduction to Jetpacker
  8. Build intelligent Android apps: On-device inference
  9. Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API
  10. Android Studio Quail 2 is Stable: Multi-task with the Android Studio AI agent
  11. Evolving how LLMs are measured for Android: the next era of Android Bench
  12. Google Play launches the first Indie Games Fund in Africa

June 2026

  1. Eclipsa Video: HDR That Looks Right on Every Screen
  2. Expanded billing choice and lower fees on Google Play
  3. Android developer verification: Building a safer ecosystem together
  4. Building a Mixed-Reality Tour Guide with Android XR, the Geospatial API, and Gemini
  5. Android 17 is here
  6. What’s New in Android XR: Tooling, Engine Support, and Ecosystem Updates
  7. Top 3 updates for Android developer productivity
  8. Datadog delivers millions of in-depth performance insights with ProfilingManager
  9. Prioritizing Memory Efficiency: Essential Steps for Android 17
  10. Building Premium Android Experiences at Google I/O ‘26

May 2026

  1. Top AI on Android updates for building intelligent experiences from Google I/O ‘26
  2. 17 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O
  3. Build native Android apps in Google AI Studio
  4. Increasing app discovery and engagement on Google TV
  5. Android CLI Now Stable 1.0: Accelerate developing for Android using any agent
  6. Build for the future with the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program — Apply now!
  7. Adaptive development for the expanding Android ecosystem
  8. Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 4
  9. Android XR Updates for Unity, Unreal, and Godot
  10. Introducing Android Performance Analyzer : The Next Evolution in Profiling for Android
  11. Android Studio I/O Edition: What’s new in Android Developer tools
  12. Android UI Development is Compose First
  13. What's new in Android for Cars: Unifying platforms and unlocking premium experiences
  14. I/O 2026: What's new in Google Play
  15. What's New in Wear OS 7
  16. How FotMob leveraged cross-device discovery to score record Wear OS adoption
  17. Bring Native Visibility to Your VoIP App Experience with Telecom's Latest Alpha
  18. Building for the Intelligence System on Android
  19. Gratitude saw 25% higher retention for widget users
  20. A look ahead: Making it easier and faster to publish safer apps
  21. Gemini and Firebase AI Logic enabled Karrot to increase sales with a translation feature built in under 2 weeks

April 2026

  1. What's new in the Jetpack Compose April '26 release
  2. Streamline User Journeys with Verified Email via Credential Manager
  3. Level up your development with Planning Mode and Next Edit Prediction in Android Studio Panda 4
  4. Experimental hybrid inference and new Gemini models for Android
  5. The Fourth Beta of Android 17
  6. Android CLI and skills: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent
  7. Boosting user privacy and business protection with updated Play policies
  8. Get ready for Google I/O: Livestream schedule revealed
  9. Test Multi-Device Interactions with the Android Emulator
  10. Android Studio supports Gemma 4: our most capable local model for agentic coding
  11. Announcing Gemma 4 in the AICore Developer Preview
  12. Gemma 4: The new standard for local agentic intelligence on Android
  13. Increase Guidance and Control over Agent Mode with Android Studio Panda 3
  14. Get your Wear OS apps ready for the 64-bit requirement

March 2026

  1. Media3 1.10 is out
  2. Monzo boosts performance metrics by up to 35% with a simple R8 update
  3. Android developer verification: Rolling out to all developers on Play Console and Android Developer Console
  4. Redefining Location Privacy: New Tools and Improvements for Android 17
  5. The Third Beta of Android 17
  6. Meet the class of 2026 for the Google Play Apps Accelerator
  7. Contact Picker: Privacy-First Contact Sharing
  8. Beyond Infotainment: Extending Android Automotive OS for Software-defined Vehicles
  9. Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety
  10. Get inspired and take your apps to desktop
  11. Room 3.0 - Modernizing the Room
  12. TikTok reduces code size by 58% and improves app performance for new features with Jetpack Compose
  13. Level Up: Test Sidekick and prepare for upcoming program milestones
  14. Expanding our stage for PC and paid titles
  15. Boosting Android Performance: Introducing AutoFDO for the Kernel
  16. Instagram and Facebook deliver instant playback and boost user engagement with Media3 PreloadManager
  17. Elevating AI-assisted Android development and improving LLMs with Android Bench
  18. Battery Technical Quality Enforcement is Here: How to Optimize Common Wake Lock Use Cases
  19. How WHOOP decreased excessive partial wake lock sessions by over 90%
  20. A new era for choice and openness
  21. Android devices extend seamlessly to connected displays
  22. Go from prompt to working prototype with Android Studio Panda 2
  23. Supercharge your Android development with 6 expert tips for Gemini in Android Studio

February 2026

  1. The Second Beta of Android 17
  2. The Intelligent OS: Making AI agents more helpful for Android apps
  3. Get ready for Google I/O May 19-20
  4. Under the hood: Android 17’s lock-free MessageQueue
  5. Prepare your app for the resizability and orientation changes in Android 17
  6. The First Beta of Android 17

January 2026

  1. Accelerating your insights with faster, smarter monetization data and recommendations
  2. How Automated Prompt Optimization Unlocks Quality Gains for ML Kit’s GenAI Prompt API
  3. The Embedded Photo Picker
  4. Beyond the smartphone: How JioHotstar optimized its UX for foldables and tablets
  5. Trade-in mode on Android 16+
  6. Ready to review some changes but not others? Try using Play Console’s new Save for later feature
  7. LLM flexibility, Agent Mode improvements, and new agentic experiences in Android Studio Otter 3 Feature Drop
  8. Ultrahuman launches features 15% faster with Gemini in Android Studio

December 2025

  1. Media3 1.9.0 - What’s new
  2. Goodbye Mobile Only, Hello Adaptive: Three essential updates from 2025 for building adaptive apps
  3. Bringing Androidify to Wear OS with Watch Face Push
  4. Brighten Your Real-Time Camera Feeds with Low Light Boost
  5. Build smarter apps with Gemini 3 Flash
  6. Notes from Google Play: A look back at the tools that powered your growth in 2025
  7. 18% Faster Compiles, 0% Compromises

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