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Google tweaks the Pixel Launcher in Android 16 QPR1 to leave more space for your apps
The At a Glance widget takes up less room in the latest Android 16 beta update.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:
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Gemini can now help with your schedule right in Gmail on your phone
Hey Gemini, what's my schedule like?
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Android 16 QPR1 lets you check what fingerprints youโve enrolled on your Pixel phone
A new button in Androidโs Fingerprint Unlock settings lets you check your enrolled fingerprints
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Galaxy Z Fold 7 leak suggests it could give the worldโs thinnest foldable a run for its money
Galaxy Z Fold 7 could be close to as thin as the OPPO Find N5.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Hereโs how the link invite system for Google Messages group chats will work (APK teardown)
Google Messages will let you generate a shareable link or QR code to invite new users to a group chat.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Android 16 may blur your lock screen wallpaper for a new โambient AODโ look
Google is working on an ambient AOD feature that allows your lock screen wallpaper to show up on the always-on display
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 gives you more control over your lock screen clock
Want to make the clock on your Pixelโs lock screen a bit smaller or bigger? You can now in Android 16 QPR1.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:First look: Pixelโs โMagic Portraitโ frames your photos on the lock screen
The Pixel wallpaper app in Android 16 QPR1 adds a Magic Portrait feature that puts your lock screen wallpaper in a frame
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:You can now try Androidโs bold new Material 3 Expressive design in Android 16 QPR1 beta
Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 brings the new Material 3 Expressive design that Google announced last week
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Android 16 QPR1โs new recents screen makes split-screen easier to find
The recents screen in Android 16 QPR1 now shows a dropdown menu for every app, making it obvious there are extra options
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Flutterโs path towards seamless interop
Today, weโre excited to announce an early access program for Flutter plugin authors who are ready to build/re-build a plugin leveraging the codegen solutions. This is the next phase of development in our work to make it easier for Flutter developers to access native platform APIs by using FFIgen and JNIgen. There are a limited number of slots available by application to those who are ready to engage with us directly on...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Gemini in Android Studio now speaks fluent Flutter!
By Ander Dobo, Product Manager, Flutter & Sandhya Mohan, Product Manager, Gemini in AndroidStudioWeโre thrilled to announce a major leap forward for Flutter developers creating Android apps in Android Studio. Gemini in Android Studio now offers first-class support for Dart and Flutter development! This means that you can leverage the power of Gemini directly within your favorite IDE to build beautiful,...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:16 things to know for Android developers at Google I/O 2025
Posted by Matthew McCullough โ VP of Product Management, Android Developer Today at Google I/O, we announced the many ways weโre helping you build excellent, adaptive experiences, and helping you stay more productive through updates to our tooling that put AI at your fingertips and throughout your development lifecycle. Hereโs a recap of 16 of our favorite announcements for Android developers; you can also see what was...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Whatโs new in Flutter 3.32
Hot reload on web, native fidelity, and deeper integrationsIntroductionWelcome to Flutter 3.32! This release is packed with features designed to accelerate your development and enhance your apps. Get ready for hot reload on the web, stunning Cupertino squircles for native fidelity, and powerful new AI integrations with Firebase. With 1024 commits from 156 unique contributors, including 39 first time contributors,...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Whatโs new in Wear OS 6
Posted by Chiara Chiappini โ Developer Relations Engineer This year, weโre excited to introduce Wear OS 6: the most power-efficient and expressive version of Wear OS yet. Wear OS 6 introduces the new design system we call Material 3 Expressive. It features a major refresh with visual and motion components designed to give users an experience with more personalization. The new design offers a great level of expression...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Whatโs new in Watch Faces
Posted by Garan Jenkin โ Developer Relations Engineer Wear OS has a thriving watch face ecosystem featuring a variety of designs that also aims to minimize battery impact. Developers have embraced the simplicity of creating watch faces using Watch Face Format โ in the last year, the number of published watch faces using Watch Face Format has grown by over 180%*. Today, weโre continuing our investment and announcing...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:The first Android 16 QPR1 beta is here for your Pixel with a taste of Material 3 Expressive
This is basically a preview of the next Pixel Drop.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:What's New in Jetpack Compose
Posted by Nick Butcher โ Product Manager At Google I/O 2025, we announced a host of features, performance, stability, libraries, and tools updates for Jetpack Compose, our recommended Android UI toolkit. With Compose you can build excellent apps that work across devices. Compose has matured a lot since it was first announced (at Google I/O 2019!) and we're now seeing 60% of the top 1,000 apps in the Play Store such as...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 2
Posted by Matthew McCullough โ VP of Product Management, Android Developer Since launching the Android XR SDK Developer Preview alongside Samsung, Qualcomm, and Unity last year, weโve been blown away by all of the excitement weโve been hearing from the broader Android community. Whether it's through coding live-streams or local Google Developer Group talks, it's been an outstanding experience participating in the...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Peacock built adaptively on Android to deliver great experiences across screens
Posted by Sa-ryong Kang and Miguel Montemayor - Developer Relations Engineers Peacock is NBCUniversalโs streaming service app available in the US, offering culture-defining entertainment including live sports, exclusive original content, TV shows, and blockbuster movies. The app continues to evolve, becoming more than just a platform to watch content, but a hub of entertainment. Todayโs users are consuming...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:On-device GenAI APIs as part of ML Kit help you easily build with Gemini Nano
Posted by Caren Chang - Developer Relations Engineer, Chengji Yan - Software Engineer, Taj Darra - Product Manager We are excited to announce a set of on-device GenAI APIs, as part of ML Kit, to help you integrate Gemini Nano in your Android apps. To start, we are releasing 4 new APIs: Summarization: to summarize articles and conversations Proofreading: to polish short text Rewriting: to reword text in different styles...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:New in-car app experiences
Posted by Noam Gefen โ Product Manager, Android for Cars, Sole Alborno โ Product Manager, Gemini, and Ben Sagmoe โ Developer Relations Engineer, Android for Cars The in-car experience continues to evolve rapidly, and Google remains committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. At Google I/O 2025, we're excited to unveil the latest advancements for drivers, car manufacturers, and developers, furthering our...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:I/O 2025: What's new in Google Play
Posted by Paul Feng, VP of Product Management, Google Play At Google Play, we're dedicated to helping people discover experiences they'll love, while empowering developers like you to bring your ideas to life and build successful businesses. At this yearโs Google I/O, we unveiled the latest ways weโre empowering your success with new tools that provide robust testing and actionable insights. We also showcased how weโre...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:In-App Ratings and Reviews for TV
Posted by Paul Lammertsma โ Developer Relations Engineer Ratings and reviews are essential for developers, offering quantitative and qualitative feedback on user experiences. In 2022, we enhanced the granularity of this feedback by segmenting these insights by countries and form factors. Now, we're extending the In-App Ratings and Reviews API to TV to allow developers to prompt users for ratings and reviews directly...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google I/O 2025: Whatโs new in Android development tools
Posted by Mayank Jain โ Product Manager, Android Studio Android Studio continues to advance Android development by empowering developers to build better app experiences, faster. Our focus has been on improving AI-driven functionality with Gemini, streamlining UI creation and testing, and helping you future-proof apps for the evolving Android ecosystem. These innovations accelerate development cycles, improve app...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Engage users on Google TV with excellent TV apps
Posted by Shobana Radhakrishnan - Senior Director of Engineering, Google TV, and Paul Lammertsma - Developer Relations Engineer, Android Over the past year, Google TV and Android TV achieved over 270 million monthly active devices, establishing one of the largest smart TV OS footprints. Building on this momentum, we are excited to share new platform features and developer tools designed to help you increase app...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3
Posted by Don Turner - Developer Relations Engineer Navigating between screens in your app should be simple, shouldn't it? However, building a robust, scalable, and delightful navigation experience can be a challenge. For years, the Jetpack Navigation library has been a key tool for developers, but as the Android UI landscape has evolved, particularly with the rise of Jetpack Compose, we recognized the need for a new...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Androidโs Kotlin Multiplatform announcements at Google I/O and KotlinConf 25
Posted by Ben Trengrove - Developer Relations Engineer, Matt Dyor - Product Manager Google I/O and KotlinConf 2025 bring a series of announcements on Androidโs Kotlin and Kotlin Multiplatform efforts. Hereโs what to watch out for: Announcements from Google I/O 2025 Jetpack libraries Our focus for Jetpack libraries and KMP is on sharing business logic across Android and iOS, but we have begun experimenting with web/WASM...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Androidify: Building powerful AI-driven experiences with Jetpack Compose, Gemini and CameraX
Posted by Rebecca Franks โ Developer Relations Engineer The Android bot is a beloved mascot for Android users and developers, with previous versions of the bot builder being very popular - we decided that this year weโd rebuild the bot maker from the ground up, using the latest technology backed by Gemini. Today we are releasing a new open source app, Androidify, for learning how to build powerful AI driven experiences...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Androidify: Building delightful UIs with Compose
Posted by Rebecca Franks - Developer Relations Engineer Androidify is a new sample app we built using the latest best practices for mobile apps. Previously, we covered all the different features of the app, from Gemini integration and CameraX functionality to adaptive layouts. In this post, we dive into the Jetpack Compose usage throughout the app, building upon our base knowledge of Compose to add delightful and...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Androidify: How Androidify leverages Gemini, Firebase and ML Kit
Posted by Thomas Ezan โ Developer Relations Engineer, Rebecca Franks โ Developer Relations Engineer, and Avneet Singh โ Product Manager Weโre bringing back Androidify later this year, this time powered by Google AI, so you can customize your very own Android bot and share your creativity with the world. Today, weโre releasing a new open source demo app for Androidify as a great example of how Google is using its Gemini...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Android Design at Google I/O 2025
Posted by Ivy Knight โ Senior Design Advocate Hereโs your guide to the essential Android Design sessions, resources, and announcements for I/O โ25: Check out the latest Android updates The Android Show: I/O Edition The Android Show had a special I/O edition this year with some exciting announcements like Material Expressive! Learn more about the new Live Update Notification templates in the Android Notifications &...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Gmailโs new tools help you reply smarter and schedule faster
The new tools will make emailing more convenient if you're ready to open up your inbox, Drive, and Calendar to Google.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google shows off its next-gen AI assistant that can control your Android phone
Google is building a universal AI assistant that can not only look things up for you but also perform tasks on your behalf
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google supercharges search with powerful new AI Mode, and itโs out today
Google's AI Mode will also get Project Astra capabilities, letting you search via your camera.
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