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Boost app performance and battery life: New Android Vitals Metrics are here
Boost app performance and battery life: New Android Vitals Metrics are here

14 April 2025

Posted by Karan Jhavar - Product Manager, Android Frameworks, and Dan Brown - Product Manager, Google Play Android has long champio...


Google Maps improved download reliability by 10% using user initiated data transfer API
Google Maps improved download reliability by 10% using user initiated data transfer API

03 September 2024

Posted by Alice Yuan – Developer Relations Engineer, in collaboration with Software Engineers – Matthew Valgenti and Emma Li – at Google ...


Improving Consistency of Background Work on Android
Improving Consistency of Background Work on Android

05 May 2023

Posted by  Sanat Kamal Bahl , Product Manager, Android Frameworks Since its inception, Android has been designed to be the world’s firs...