How creating an Action can complement your Android app
Posted by Neto Marin - Actions on Google Developer Advocate There are millions of apps in the Android ecosystem, so helping yours get discovered can require some investment. Your app needs to offer...
View ArticleAndroid has created more choice, not less
If you buy an Android phone, you’re choosing one of the world’s two most popular mobile platforms—one that has expanded the choice of phones available around the world.Today, the European Commission...
View ArticleUpdating your games for modern Android
Posted by Tom Greenaway, Senior Partner Developer Advocate Last year we announced that starting from August 2018 Google Play will require all new apps and games to target a recent Android API level –...
View ArticleFinal preview update, official Android P coming soon!
Posted By Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Android P is almost here! As we put the finishing touches on the new platform, today we're bringing you Android P Beta 4. Beta 4 is the last preview milestone...
View ArticleAndroidX Development is Now Even Better
Posted by Aurimas Liutikas, software engineer on AndroidX team AndroidX (previously known as Android Support Library) started out as a small set of libraries intended to provide backwards...
View ArticleSupporting display cutouts on edge-to-edge screens
Posted By Megan Potoski, Product Manager, Android System UI Smartphones are quickly moving towards smaller bezels and larger aspect ratios. On these devices, display cutouts are a popular way to...
View ArticleTry out Digital Wellbeing to find your own balance with Pixel
We all love our phones—the cameras capture the memories we make, they find us the best route to work each day, and they answer the questions we have throughout the day. But many of us can probably use...
View ArticleAndroid 9 Pie: Powered by AI for a smarter, simpler experience that adapts to...
The latest release of Android is here! And it comes with a heaping helping of artificial intelligence baked in to make your phone smarter, simpler and more tailored to you. Today we’re officially...
View ArticleIntroducing Android 9 Pie
Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering After more than a year of development and months of testing by early adopters, we're ready to launch Android 9 Pie, the latest release of Android, to the world....
View ArticleAndroid 9 Pie: Powered by AI for a smarter, simpler experience that adapts to...
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/bKLmlK_9gXQcA9G0PhSyp2lCZ282r8irBHlyVflIjPCSl6D0wX0aaQGfTHYUoAqxzkFDvbZcveXcCjBIs7it2wEcjbPglWoDAMJH88btu7O_isbZM5VUdZPLfpDQFSz_Fy0EOl7N Sameer Samat VP of Product...
View ArticleAndroid Pie SDK is now more Kotlin-friendly
Posted by James Lau, Product Manager (@jmslau) When using the Java programming language, one of the most common pitfalls is trying to access a member of a null reference, causing a...
View ArticleIntroducing the new lead for Android Open Source Project
This week began with the announcement of Android 9 Pie and, as usual, the subsequent upstreaming of code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). But the release of Android 9 isn’t the only important...
View ArticleMeet the first Indie Games Accelerator class
Posted by Vineet Tanwar, Business Development Manager, Google Play In June, we announced the Indie Games Accelerator, a new four month program to help indie game startups from India, Pakistan and...
View ArticleLooking forward with Google Play
Posted by Purnima Kochikar, Director, Google Play, Apps & Games On Monday we released Android 9 Pie. As we continue to push the Android platform forward, we're always looking to provide new ways...
View ArticleThe Machine Learning Behind Android Smart Linkify
Posted by Lukas Zilka, Software Engineer, Google AI, ZürichEarlier this week we launched Android 9 Pie, the latest release of Android that uses machine learning to make your phone simpler to use. One...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Mediation Test Suite Beta
Today we're announcing the release of Mediation Test Suite Beta. Mediation Test Suite is a lightweight SDK that enables Google AdMob publishers to easily test mediation ad network integrations without...
View ArticleGoogle releases source for Google I/O 2018 for Android
Posted by Shailen Tuli, DPE Today we're releasing the source code for the official Google I/O 2018 for Android app. The 2018 version constitutes a comprehensive rewrite of the app. For many years, the...
View ArticleAndroid 9 Pie (Go edition): New features and more options this fall
We believe everyone across the globe should have powerful, high-quality device experiences. That’s why we introduced Android (Go edition) last year, with the goal to provide a fast and smooth...
View ArticleUpdating Wear OS Google Play Store policy to increase app quality
Posted by Hoi Lam, Lead Developer Advocate, Wear OS by Google Today we are announcing a new initiative to improve Wear app quality and their presentation in the Google Play Store. The Wear app review...
View ArticleStreaming support spec for hearing aids on Android
Posted by Seang Chau, Vice President, Engineering According to the World Health Organization1, around 466 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss. This number is expected to increase to...
View Article