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A look back at the most read Google Play posts on Medium in 2017
A look back at the most read Google Play posts on Medium in 2017

28 December 2017

Posted by Sergejs Cuhrajs, Community Manager, Google Play Earlier this year we launched the Google Play Apps & Games publication on ...


Phasing out legacy recommendations on Android TV
Phasing out legacy recommendations on Android TV

22 December 2017

Posted by Bejamin Baxter, Developer Programs Engineer At Google I/O 2017, we announced a redesign of the Android TV's home sc...


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Double Stuffed Security in Android Oreo

20 December 2017

Posted by Gian G Spicuzza, Android Security team Android Oreo is stuffed full of security enhancements. Over the past few months, ...


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Improving app security and performance on Google Play for years to come

19 December 2017

Posted by Edward Cunningham, Product Manager, Android [ Edit : Updated post on Dec 21 to clarify that when the 64-bit requirement is intro...


 Quick Boot & the Top Features in the Android Emulator
Quick Boot & the Top Features in the Android Emulator

18 December 2017

Posted by Jamal Eason , Product Manager, Android Today, we are excited to announce Quick Boot for the Android Emulator. With Qui...


LoWPAN on Android Things
LoWPAN on Android Things

14 December 2017

Posted by Dave Smith , Developer Advocate for IoT Creating robust connections between IoT devices can be difficult. WiFi and Bluetooth ...


Diagnose and understand your app's GPU behavior with GAPID
Diagnose and understand your app's GPU behavior with GAPID

13 December 2017

Posted by Andrew Woloszyn, Software Engineer Developing for 3D is complicated. Whether you're using a native graphics API or e...


Welcoming Android 8.1 Oreo and Android Oreo (Go edition)
Welcoming Android 8.1 Oreo and Android Oreo (Go edition)

05 December 2017

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering At Google for India this Monday, we announced the final release of Android 8.1 Oreo. Android ...


 Tuning your apps and games for long screen devices
Tuning your apps and games for long screen devices

04 December 2017

Posted by Fred Chung, Developer Advocate In recent months, there's a growing trend for handset makers to ship new devices with long sc...


Android Things Developer Preview 6
Android Things Developer Preview 6

29 November 2017

Posted by Wayne Piekarski , Developer Advocate for IoT The next release of Android Things Developer Preview 6 (DP6) is here with lots of ...


 Delve deeper into Android development with our new course!
Delve deeper into Android development with our new course!

28 November 2017

Posted by Jocelyn Becker, Senior Program Manager, Google Developer Training If you know the basics of building Android apps and want to d...


Final preview of Android 8.1 now available
Final preview of Android 8.1 now available

27 November 2017

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Starting today we're rolling out an update to the Android 8.1 developer preview, the last be...


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Moving Past GoogleApiClient

21 November 2017

Posted by Sam Stern, Developer Programs Engineer The release of version 11.6.0 of the Google Play services SDK moves a number of pop...