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Celebrating Another Year of #WeArePlay
Celebrating Another Year of #WeArePlay

19 December 2024

Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Marketing This year #WeArePlay took us on a journey across the globe, spotlighting 300 people ...


The Second Developer Preview of Android 16
The Second Developer Preview of Android 16

18 December 2024

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer The second developer preview of Android 16 is now availab...


How Instagram enabled users to take stunning Low Light Photos
How Instagram enabled users to take stunning Low Light Photos

17 December 2024

Posted by Donovan McMurray – Developer Relations Engineer Instagram, the popular photo and video sharing social networking service,...


What's new in CameraX 1.4.0 and a sneak peek of Jetpack Compose support
What's new in CameraX 1.4.0 and a sneak peek of Jetpack Compose support

17 December 2024

Posted by Scott Nien – Software Engineer (scottnien@) Get ready to level up your Android camera apps! CameraX 1.4.0 just dropped with...


Get your apps ready for 16 KB page size devices
Get your apps ready for 16 KB page size devices

17 December 2024

Posted by Yacine Rezgui – Developer Relations Engineer, Steven Moreland – Staff Software Engineer Android is evolving to deliver ev...


#WeArePlay | Meet the people building sport apps and games
#WeArePlay | Meet the people building sport apps and games

13 December 2024

Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Marketing In a year filled with iconic sports moments—from the Olympic and Paralympic Games i...


Reddit improved app startup speed by over 50% using Baseline Profiles and R8
Reddit improved app startup speed by over 50% using Baseline Profiles and R8

12 December 2024

Posted by Ben Weiss – Developer Relations Engineer, and Lauren Darcey – Senior Engineering Manager, Reddit Reddit is one of the wor...