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Android Studio’s 10 year anniversary
Android Studio’s 10 year anniversary

24 January 2025

Posted by Tor Norbye – Engineering Director , Jamal Eason – Director of Product Management , and Xavier Ducrohet – Tech Lead | Android S...


The First Beta of Android 16
The First Beta of Android 16

23 January 2025

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer The first beta of Android 16 is now available, which mean...


The future is adaptive: Changes to orientation and resizability APIs in Android 16
The future is adaptive: Changes to orientation and resizability APIs in Android 16

23 January 2025

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza – Director, Product Management With 3+ billion Android devices in use globally, the Android ecosystem is...


Build kids app experiences for Wear OS
Build kids app experiences for Wear OS

22 January 2025

Posted by John Zoeller – Developer Relations Engineer, and Caroline Vander Wilt – Group Product Manager New Wear OS features enable ‘...


Apps adopt Transformer to support more reliable and performant media editing use cases
Apps adopt Transformer to support more reliable and performant media editing use cases

10 January 2025

Posted by Caren Chang – Developer Relations Engineer The Jetpack Media3 library enables Android apps to build high quality media a...


Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop is Stable!
Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop is Stable!

09 January 2025

Posted by Steven Jenkins – Product Manager, Android Studio Today, we are thrilled to announce the stable release of Android Studio L...


Performance Class helps Google Maps deliver premium experiences
Performance Class helps Google Maps deliver premium experiences

08 January 2025

Posted by Nevin Mital - Developer Relations Engineer, Android Media The Android ecosystem features a diverse range of devices, and it...