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What’s New in Android XR: Tooling, Engine Support, and Ecosystem Updates
What’s New in Android XR: Tooling, Engine Support, and Ecosystem Updates

15 June 2026

Posted by Stevan Silva, Group Product Manager, and Vinny DaSilva, Developer Relations Engineer, Android XR From augmented overlays to fully...


Top 3 updates for Android developer productivity
Top 3 updates for Android developer productivity

09 June 2026

Posted by Simona Milanovic, Developer Relations Engineer Every year, Google I/O brings new announcements and resources across ecosystems ...


Datadog delivers millions of in-depth performance insights with ProfilingManager
Datadog delivers millions of in-depth performance insights with ProfilingManager

08 June 2026

Posted by Alice Yuan, Developer Relations Engineer at Google, Arti Arutiunov, Product Manager at Datadog and Nikita Ogorodnikov, Staff Sof...


Prioritizing Memory Efficiency: Essential Steps for Android 17
Prioritizing Memory Efficiency: Essential Steps for Android 17

02 June 2026

Posted by Alice Yuan, Developer Relations Engineer, Ajesh Pai, Developer Relations Engineer, and Fung Lam, Developer Relations Engin...


Building Premium Android Experiences at Google I/O ‘26
Building Premium Android Experiences at Google I/O ‘26

02 June 2026

Posted by Ataul Munim, Android Developer Relations Engineer A truly differentiated Android experience is about del...


Top AI on Android updates for building intelligent experiences from Google I/O ‘26
Top AI on Android updates for building intelligent experiences from Google I/O ‘26

26 May 2026

Posted by Jingyu Shi, Staff Developer Relations Engineer At Google I/O 2026, we introduced Android’s shift from an operating system to ...