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Posted by Paul Ruiz โ Senior Developer Relations Engineer Earlier this year we launched Google AI Edge, a suite of tools with easy access to ready-to-use ML tasks, frameworks that enable you to build ML pipelines, and run popular LLMs and custom models โ all on-device. For AI on Android Spotlight Week, the Google team is highlighting various ways that Android developers can use machine learning to help improve their...
Published on: October 02, 2024 | Source:Posted by Kateryna Semenova โ Senior Developer Relations Engineer and Mark Sherwood โ Senior Product Manager During AI on Android Spotlight Week, we're diving into how you can bring your own AI model to Android-powered devices such as phones, tablets, and beyond. By leveraging the tools and technologies available from Google and other sources, you can run sophisticated AI models directly on these devices, opening up...
Published on: October 02, 2024 | Source:Posted by Terence Zhang โ Developer Relations Engineer, and Adrien Couque โ Software Engineer AI can enhance the user experience and productivity of Android apps. If you're looking to build GenAI features that benefit from additional data privacy or offline inference, on-device GenAI is a good choice as it processes prompts directly on your device without any server calls. Gemini Nano is the most efficient model in...
Published on: October 01, 2024 | Source:Posted by Taj Darra โ Product Manager Gemini, introduced last year, is Googleโs most capable family of models yet; designed for flexibility, it can run on everything from data centers to mobile devices. Since announcing Gemini Nano, our most efficient model built for on-device tasks, we've been working with a limited set of partners to support a range of use cases for their apps. Today, weโre opening up access to...
Published on: October 01, 2024 | Source:Comment Stop! Donโt pack up your desk and welcome the weekend just yet. Itโs Monday, not Friday. As you may have seen there was a hiccup with publishing last Fridayโs issue where the software I use to publish it was completely broken for the day. Thankfully itโs back now, and I can keep my promise to publish today. 13 years and 7 weeks isnโt a bad streak for publishing every Friday, though, is it! -- The big Swift...
Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source:Posted by Joseph Lewis โ Technical Writer, Android AI AI on Android Spotlight Week this year runs September 30th to October 4th! As part of the Android โSpotlight Weeksโ series, this weekโs content and updates are your gateway to understanding how to integrate cutting-edge AI into your Android apps. Whether you're a seasoned Android developer, an AI enthusiast, or just starting out on your development journey, get...
Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source:Posted by Sandhya Mohan โ Product Manager, Android Studio and Sarmad Hashmi โ Software Engineer, Labs The Android team believes AI has the potential to revolutionize coding, drive unprecedented innovation and productivity in software development, and supercharge your development productivity. AI code completion is a key part of this effort within Gemini in Android Studio. Since launching in May 2024, we've been hard at...
Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source:Posted by Thomas Ezan, Sr Developer Relation Engineer Android has supported traditional machine learning models for years. Frameworks and SDKs like LiteRT (formerly known as TensorFlow Lite), ML Kit and MediaPipe enabled developers to easily implement tasks like image classification and object detection. In recent years, generative AI (gen AI) and large language models (LLMs), have opened up new possibilities for...
Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source:What day is it? I'm confused...
Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source:Posted by Kseniia Shumelchyk โ Developer Relations Engineer With more than 65 million global users, AllTrails is one of the worldโs most popular and trusted platforms for outdoor exploration. The app is designed to be the ultimate adventure companion, so the AllTrails team always works to improve usersโ outdoor experience using the latest technology. Recently, its developers created a new Wear OS application. Now,...
Published on: September 25, 2024 | Source:Posted by Christiaan Brand โ Group Product Manager In 2019 we introduced a FIDO2 API, adopted by many leading developers, which allows users to generate an attested, device-bound FIDO2 credential on Android devices. Since this launch, Android has generated an attestation statement based on the SafetyNet API. As the underlying SafetyNet API is being deprecated, the FIDO2 API must move to a new attestation scheme based...
Published on: September 24, 2024 | Source:Posted by Joseph Lewis โ Technical Writer, Android AI AI on Android Spotlight Week is our latest installment of the Spotlight Weeks series. We'll have a full week of investigation into the latest advancements in AI for Android developers. Weโll feature a variety of exciting activities, including an AMA with Google AI experts, technical talks, early access to our new tools and API, and demos of the latest Android...
Published on: September 23, 2024 | Source:Comment Happy New Device Day to those who are celebrating! I hope youโll forgive me a shorter-than-usual comment section today. Iโm not feeling very well at the moment and havenโt been able to put my usual level of effort into todayโs newsletter. Hopefully Iโll feel better soon and normal service will resume next week. Please do enjoy the articles below, and Iโll be back before you know it! Dave Verwer Sponsored Link...
Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source:Discover the multitude of ways to integrate Apple Intelligence into your apps, from creating amazing user experiences through Genmoji and deep integration with Siri, through leveraging Appleโs ML models for translation and computer vision, to building on third-party tools such as ChatGPT.
Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source:Did you get a box with a shiny new device in it today?
Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source:This module explores the integration of ChatGPT into iOS apps, enabling powerful conversational AI capabilities. You'll learn to leverage the ChatGPT API to create dynamic, context-aware chatbots and intelligent assistants within their mobile apps.
Published on: September 19, 2024 | Source:This course equips you with the skills to leverage Appleโs latest user experience (UX) advancements within your iOS apps. Youโll explore Writing Tools, a powerful suite for enhancing text input and editing. Dive into Genmoji, a brand new tool for creating custom emoji characters, adding a layer of personalization and expression to your apps. And unlock the power of Siri and App Intents with Apple Intelligence, enabling...
Published on: September 19, 2024 | Source:This course explores on-device machine learning using Appleโs powerful tools. See how simple the Vision framework makes complex computer vision tasks, enabling your app to understand the real world, through tasks like object detection and face recognition. Learn to leverage the Translation framework for on-device, real-time language translation, breaking down language barriers for your users. Before finally looking at...
Published on: September 18, 2024 | Source:Comment Itโs go time for iOS 18, macOS 15, and all their friends! Your app updates that you slaved over throughout the summer are probably already pending release and it all kicks off on Monday! I've been running the betas recently, and the iPhone Mirroring feature confuses me. It works well when my phone is close by, but I accidentally left it downstairs in the kitchen a few days ago and attempted to use mirroring for...
Published on: September 13, 2024 | Source:What was the original idea behind iPhone Mirroring in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia?
Published on: September 13, 2024 | Source:Jump into the exciting world of Android mobile development. In this comprehensive program, youโll learn the foundations of writing modern Android apps from the ground up whether you are new to Android or even new to programming in general. You'll learn everything you need to know from programming in Kotlin to developing impressive user interfaces in Jetpack Compose. Youโll explore many fundamental topics such as...
Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source:This course provides a strong foundation for creating user interfaces with Jetpack Compose. It also introduces the tools required to build user interfaces such dimens, drawables, strings, and other resource files contained in the SDK.
Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source:State management is critical for developing apps. In this course, you'll learn how to listen and respond to state changes, and how to incorporate multiple screens into your app.
Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source:Comment I found myself needing to upgrade to macOS Sequoia this week, so I finally got a chance to try Xcodeโs new AI-powered โPredictive Code Completionโ. First things first. Howโs the quality and does it โhallucinateโ? Iโd say the quality is good, and of course it hallucinates. I believe that eliminating hallucinations in LLM is, at best, extremely challenging and, at worst, impossible. Did it produce generally...
Published on: September 06, 2024 | Source:Did I let Xcode's predictive code completion write any of the text in this newsletter?
Published on: September 06, 2024 | Source:What's happening with CocoaPods these days? It's time for an update from the team.
Published on: August 30, 2024 | Source:Will there be two app stores and two app store teams?
Published on: August 23, 2024 | Source:Learn how to integrate AI-generated images into your app using the OpenAI API. Join our expert-led webinar for actionable insights to make your app stand out. Donโt miss outโregister today!
Published on: August 17, 2024 | Source:It's so nice to see an app store that isnโt focused on extracting the most profit possible succeed!
Published on: August 16, 2024 | Source:Today we are excited to release React Native 0.75!
Published on: August 14, 2024 | Source:Is the race to the bottom now a race to the top?
Published on: August 09, 2024 | Source:Build custom renderers and render 3D scenes inFlutter.The Flutter 3.24 release introduces a new low-level graphics API called Flutter GPU. There is also a 3D rendering library powered by Flutter GPU called Flutter Scene (package: flutter_scene). Both Flutter GPU and Flutter Scene are currently in preview, only available on Flutterโs main channel (due to reliance on experimental features), require Impeller to be...
Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source:An early look at Flutter GPU, web enhancements, andmore!Today, weโre unveiling Flutter 3.24 and Dart 3.5 alongside the last stop in the I/O 2024 Connect series, happening in just a few hours in Chinaโone of Flutterโs most prolific communities in the world, making this moment veryspecial.We kicked off Google I/O in May with an exciting slew of updates, including the graduation of support for WebAssembly compilation to...
Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source:Unleashing Flutter GPU, Multi-View Embedding, andMoreFlutter 3.24 on a blue backgroundWelcome to the latest Flutter update! Flutter 3.24 is packed with exciting new features and enhancements to elevate your app development experience. This release highlights the preview of Flutter GPU, which enables advanced graphics and 3D scenes directly in Flutter. Web apps can now embed multiple Flutter views, enhancing your appโs...
Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source:Join our free webinar on August 13, 2024 to explore how Apple Intelligence can enhance your apps and improve your usersโ experience.
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