Hi everyone,Thank you for making 2025 another amazing year for Google Play.Together, we’ve built Play into something much more than a store—it’s a dynamic ecosystem powered by your creativity. This year, our focus was ensuring Play continues to be the...
Posted by Thomas Ezan, Senior Developer Relations EngineerToday, we're expanding the Gemini 3 model family with the release of Gemini 3 Flash, frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost. You can start building with it immediately,...
With a recent update, LLB allows Instagram users to line up the perfect shot, and then their existing Night Mode implementation results in the same high quality low-light photos their users have been enjoying for over a year.Why Real-time Brightness...
Posted by Garan Jenkin - Developer Relations Engineerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgsPXZIKInwA few months ago we relaunched Androidify as an app for generating personalized Android bots. Androidify transforms your selfie photo into a playful Android bot using Gemini and Imagen.However, given that Android spans...
Media3 1.9.0 is out! Besides the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the latest release also contains four new or largely rewritten modules:We also added caching and memory management improvements to PreloadManager, and provided several new ExoPlayer, Transformer and MediaSession...
Goodbye Mobile Only, Hello Adaptive: Three essential updates from 2025 for building adaptive appsIn 2025 the Android ecosystem has grown far beyond the phone. Today, developers have the opportunity to reach over 500 million active devices, including foldables, tablets, XR,...
Posted by Santiago Aboy Solanes - Software Engineer, Vladimír Marko - Software EngineerThe Android Runtime (ART) team has reduced compile time by 18% without compromising the compiled code or any peak memory regressions. This improvement was part of our 2025...
Earlier this year, we reiterated our commitment to keeping Android and Google Play safe for everyone and maintaining a thriving environment where users can trust the apps they download and your business can flourish. We’ve heard your feedback clearly, from...
In our latest #WeArePlay film, which celebrates the people behind apps and games on Google Play, we meet Mikkel - the founder and CEO of Miksapix Interactive. Mikkel is on a mission to share the rich stories and culture of...
While the training of large language models provides deep knowledge that is excellent for common tasks—like creating Compose UIs—training concludes on a fixed date, resulting in gaps for new libraries and updated best practices. They are also less effective with...
