Platform Track at Android Developer Summit ’22
Posted by Dan Galpin (@dagalpin), Developer Relations EngineerToday marks the final track for Android Developer Summit: the Platform Track, focused on developer features and guidance around Android...
View ArticlePreparing for the Android Privacy Sandbox Beta
Posted by Anthony Chavez, VP Product ManagementIn February we announced the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of bringing new, more private advertising solutions to mobile. Over the course of...
View ArticleUnlocking the potential of technology to support health
This week kicked off the HLTH Conference in Las Vegas where thousands of healthcare leaders, care providers, patients and other people in the industry — like our teams at Google — are coming together...
View ArticleHelping Families Find High-Quality Apps for Kids
Posted by Mindy Brooks, General Manager, Kids and FamilyApps play an increasingly important role in all of our lives and we’re proud that Google Play helps families find educational and delightful...
View Article#WeArePlay | Discover what inspired 4 game creators around the world
Posted by Leticia Lago, Developer Marketing From exploring the great outdoors to getting your first computer - a seemingly random moment in your life might one day be the very thing which inspires you...
View ArticleGoogle Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – November 18, 2022
New updates Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid...
View ArticleIntroducing Camera Viewfinder
Posted by Francesco Romano, Developer Relations Engineer, AndroidOver the years, Android devices have evolved to include a variety of sizes, shapes, and displays, among other features. Since the...
View ArticleApp Bundles for Google TV and Android TV
Posted by Josh Wentz, Product Management, Google TV TLDR: Google TV and Android TV will be requiring Android App Bundles that are archivable starting in May 2023 to save storage for users. Over the...
View ArticlePer-App Language Preferences – Part 1
Posted by Neelansh Sahai Android Developer Relations Engineer (on Twitter and LinkedIn)What if you have a set of users who are quite fluent in English, Hindi, and Spanish, and they have a news app on...
View ArticleHelping increase d/Deaf representation in the media industry
We’re partnering with Deaf West Theatre and Daniel Durant to share some of Google’s most helpful communication tools. Source: The Official Google Blog Related posts: Helping increase d/Deaf...
View ArticleGoogle Play Coffee break with Creatrip | Setting up your business for global...
Posted by Aditya Swamy, Director, Google Play PartnershipsI sat down for a “virtual coffee” with Haemin Yim, founder and CEO of Creatrip, from Korea to discuss starting on the web, setting up the...
View ArticleWhen to step-up your Google Pay transactions as a PSP
Posted by Dominik Mengelt, Developer Relations Engineer, Google Pay and Nick Alteen, Technical Writer, Engineering, Wallet What is step-up authentication? When processing payments, step-up...
View ArticleSpecial delivery! New Android features this holiday season
The holiday season has arrived, and we're celebrating with a bundle of new features from Android. Source: Android Related posts: Tap. Pay. Yes! Android Pay welcomes Chase and more Starting today,...
View ArticleHappy birthday and farewell, SMS! It’s time for RCS
SMS has been around for 30 years, and Messages by Google has the perfect gift to celebrate: RCS. Source: The Official Google Blog Related posts: Try out Digital Wellbeing to find your own balance with...
View ArticleTrust in transparency: Private Compute Core
Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, Dianne Hackborn, and Eugenio Marchiori We care deeply about privacy. We also know that trust is built by transparency. This blog, and the technical paper reference within,...
View ArticleGoogle Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – December 9, 2022
New updates Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid...
View ArticleAndroid 13 for TV is now available
Posted by Wolfram Klein, Product Manager, Android TV OSToday we’re releasing the newest version of Android TV OS, Android 13 for TV! This latest release brings further improvements in performance and...
View ArticleCompose for Wear OS 1.1 is now stable: check out new features!
Posted by Kseniia Shumelchyk, Android Developer Relations Engineer Today we’re releasing version 1.1 of Compose for Wear OS, our modern declarative UI toolkit to help developers build beautiful,...
View ArticlePer-App Language Preferences – Part 2
Posted by Neelansh Sahai Android Developer Relations Engineer (on Twitter and LinkedIn)Context In part 1 of the Per-App Language Preferences blog, we discussed what the feature is, how developers...
View ArticleTips from Android Dev Summit 2022: How to scale made-for-mobile apps to ChromeOS
Posted by Patrick Fuentes, Developer Relations Engineer, Google ChromeOSPeople’s appetite for apps on larger screens is growing fast. In Q1 2022 alone, there were 270 million active Android users...
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