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Peacock built adaptively on Android to deliver great experiences across screens

Posted by Sa-ryong Kang and Miguel Montemayor - Developer Relations Engineers Peacock is NBCUniversal’s 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. Today’s users are consuming...

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

New in-car app experiences

Posted by Noam Gefen – Product Manager, Android for Cars, Sole Alborno – Product Manager, Gemini, and Ben Sagmoe – 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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

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 year’s Google I/O, we unveiled the latest ways we’re empowering your success with new tools that provide robust testing and actionable insights. We also showcased how we’re...

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

In-App Ratings and Reviews for TV

Posted by Paul Lammertsma – 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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Google I/O 2025: What’s new in Android development tools

Posted by Mayank Jain – 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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Android’s 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 Android’s Kotlin and Kotlin Multiplatform efforts. Here’s 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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Androidify: Building powerful AI-driven experiences with Jetpack Compose, Gemini and CameraX

Posted by Rebecca Franks – 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 we’d 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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Androidify: How Androidify leverages Gemini, Firebase and ML Kit

Posted by Thomas Ezan – Developer Relations Engineer, Rebecca Franks – Developer Relations Engineer, and Avneet Singh – Product Manager We’re 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, we’re 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 Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Android Design at Google I/O 2025

Posted by Ivy Knight – Senior Design Advocate Here’s your guide to the essential Android Design sessions, resources, and announcements for I/O ‘25: 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: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Gmail’s 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: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

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: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Google supercharges search with powerful new AI Mode, and it’s out today

Google's AI Mode will also get Project Astra capabilities, letting you search via your camera.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Google Meet is breaking down language barriers with real-time translation

Google Meet is making it so everyone will understand you, regardless of what language you speak.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Google is making its AI-powered Deep Research feature even more versatile

You can now upload your own files to Deep Research in Gemini as well as use Canvas Create to transform reports

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Gemini gets its most important Gmail integration yet: cleaning up your messy inbox

Hate managing your Gmail inbox? Have Gemini deal with it instead.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Gemini Live camera and screen sharing kicks into high gear: Everyone, everywhere, for free

Gemini Live's best new feature this year is hitting a ton of additional users.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

You can finally try Google’s AI tool that controls your Chrome browser for you

Who has time to use Google Chrome when you can make the AI do it.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Beam me up: Google’s Project Starline gets a new name and launch window

Google's sci-fi-like video call platform has a new name.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

The latest Gemini model is a coding and math whizz with ‘parallel thinking’

You'll need a pricey Gemini AI Ultra subscription to access this model, when it eventually launches.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Gemini is now integrated into Chrome for PCs, and it has one advantage over Perplexity

Perplexity beat Google to the punch with its Chrome extension, but Gemini has the advantage of letting you talk to Live

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Google Gemini is now an AI quiz master for students

Not only can Gemini be your personal quiz master, it can also provides real-time feedback that helps address weak spots.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Here’s what it’s like to cook, explore, and navigate with Gemini on Android XR smart glasses

Gemini can transform Android XR smart glasses into helpful assistants that can plan your calendar while you stir-fry veggies.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Wear OS 6 Developer Preview lets you try out Google’s new Material 3 Expressive UI

You can now try out Wear OS 6, the next version of Google’s smartwatch platform

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Say hello to Flow, Google’s brand-new AI moviemaking tool

The company also announced its Veo 3 video generator, which can now generate audio to go with your video.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Gemini’s creative tools get a boost for making art, writing a speech, or coding the next killer app

From Veo 3 to Jules, Google's got AI-powered systems ready to supercharge your creative pursuits.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Google Search’s AI Mode is set to become the shopping assistant of your dreams

AI Mode will soon help you with everything from product discovery to checkout.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Android XR expands: Here are all the new partners building Google’s AR future

XREAL joins Google's expanding push into Android XR with its sleek new Project Aura smart glasses.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Google I/O 2025: Build adaptive Android apps that shine across form factors

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz – Product Manager, Android Developer If your app isn’t built to adapt, you’re missing out on the opportunity to reach a giant swath of users across 500 million devices! At Google I/O this year, we are exploring how adaptive development isn’t just a good idea, but essential to building apps that shine across the expanding Android device ecosystem. This is your guide to meeting users wherever they...

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Google’s upgraded image generator finally spells things right and doesn’t mess up fur

Imagen 4 can also handle a range of aspect ratios, and can go up to 2K resolution.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Samsung’s One UI 8 Voice Recorder update cuts back on AI clutter

Those on One UI 7 can try the new version of the app, which suggests Samsung may be taking the hint on AI overload.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Watch the Google I/O 2025 keynote address right here

All the latest news on Gemini and Google's AI efforts will be revealed soon.

Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority