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Tinder cuts app cold starts by 47% with new R8 Configuration Analyzer
Tinder cuts app cold starts by 47% with new R8 Configuration Analyzer

18 August 2026

Posted by Ajesh R Pai, Developer Relations Engineer, Ulises Uriel Verduzco Diaz, Software Engineer, Tinder, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Mar...


Jetpack XR SDK core libraries reach beta: The next milestone for Android XR
Jetpack XR SDK core libraries reach beta: The next milestone for Android XR

18 August 2026

Posted by Amy Zeppenfeld, Developer Relations Engineer, Greg Underwood, Software Engineering Manager, Yasmine Evjen, Senior Product Manager,...


Enhance your app for the new Pixel lineup: Unveiled at Made by Google
Enhance your app for the new Pixel lineup: Unveiled at Made by Google

12 August 2026

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager, An...


Bring one-handed gestures to your Wear OS app
Bring one-handed gestures to your Wear OS app

12 August 2026

Posted by Chiara Chiappini, Developer Relation Engineer, Android Developer Relations One-handed gestures offer a convenient and touch-free ...


What's new in the Jetpack Compose August '26 release
What's new in the Jetpack Compose August '26 release

12 August 2026

Posted by Nick Butcher, Product Manager, Jetpack Compose Today, the Jetpack Compose August ‘26 release is stable! This release brings versi...


Media3 1.11 - What's new?
Media3 1.11 - What's new?

11 August 2026

Posted by Toni Heidenreich, Software Engineer, Android Media3 1.11 is out. Powering the vast majority of top Android media apps, this r...


Inside Android Skills - Built for deprecation
Inside Android Skills - Built for deprecation

06 August 2026

Posted by Jose Alcérreca, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations We released the official Android Skills in April, and t...