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Spotlight Week: Design and Develop Widgets
Spotlight Week: Design and Develop Widgets

03 March 2025

Posted by Summers Pitman – Developer Relations Engineers We’re kicking off the next edition in our Spotlight Week series! This week, ...


Level Up Your App: Why Android Widgets are a Game-Changer
Level Up Your App: Why Android Widgets are a Game-Changer

03 March 2025

Posted by André Labonté – Senior Product Manager, Android Widgets If you're an Android app developer and you're looking to b...


Google Play enhances widget discovery to drive engagement with your app
Google Play enhances widget discovery to drive engagement with your app

03 March 2025

Posted by Yinka Taiwo-Peters – Product Manager Android developers, we've heard you. Historically, one of the challenges with i...


Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Android Developer UX Manager, Dan Dole
Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Android Developer UX Manager, Dan Dole

27 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Welcome to "Meet the Android Studio Team"! In this blog...


Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye
Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye

20 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Welcome to "Meet the Android Studio Team," our new ongo...


The Second Beta of Android 16
The Second Beta of Android 16

13 February 2025

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer Today we're releasing the second beta of Android 1...


Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Staff Developer Programs Engineer, Trevor Johns
Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Staff Developer Programs Engineer, Trevor Johns

12 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Android Studio isn't just code and algorithms – it's buil...


TrustedTime API: Introducing a reliable approach to time keeping for your apps
TrustedTime API: Introducing a reliable approach to time keeping for your apps

12 February 2025

Posted by Kanyinsola Fapohunda – Software Engineer, and Geoffrey Boullanger – Technical Lead Accurate time is crucial for a wide var...