Say goodbye to developer previews and hello to a continuous Canary channel 👋 We’ve shifted to an always-on model to ensure you have faster access to the latest Android innovations rather than waiting for a quarterly release. Matthew J. McCullough explains → https://goo.gle/4qSofiZ
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When users scroll, every millisecond counts ⏱️ Meta optimized its feeds by intelligent memory preloading with Jetpack Media3. By integrating PreloadManager, Instagram and Facebook apps boosted instant playback for Reels and improved watch time → https://goo.gle/4rZjcyP
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Stop hunting for dependency conflicts and let the Version Upgrade Assistant handle the heavy lifting. This feature introduced in Android Studio Panda 2 looks up your library usages and provides a comprehensive list of suggested upgrades. Try it out → goo.gle/Sneak
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On-device privacy or cloud-based power? Why not both! 🤝 Our new Hybrid inference with Firebase AI logic sample lets you experiment with Gemini Nano and Gemini Flash Lite in one app. https://goo.gle/4l6L5SR Key features include: → Smart Review Generation: Users select specific topics such as Service, Food, Location, or Natural Light and the AI generates a cohesive, professional hotel review based on those inputs. → Integrated Translation: After generating a review, the app can translate the text into Spanish, French, German and Korean using hybrid inference. → Visual Status Indicators: Provides clear UI feedback, such as "Generated on device" “Generated in the cloud” to help users and developers understand where the AI processing is occurring. → Inference Mode: For each inference (review generation and translation) the user can pick between: only on-device, only in the Cloud, prefer on-device, prefer in the Cloud
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We tested AI models against real Android development challenges — tasks ranging from migrations to complex logic fixes. The goal? To identify model gaps, provide you with transparency, and encourage model creators to upskill their models on Android, so they can do a better job helping you build amazing experiences for your users. We’re calling this Android Bench, the official leaderboard for how LLMs tackle Android development tasks. Read more and review our methodology → https://goo.gle/4qZAeeC
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The AI-powered New Project flow in Android Studio saves you so much time you can watch this video again. And again. Gemini takes your prompt, plans the tech stack, and writes the code — iterating until it’s error-free. You can have a working app prototype in just minutes! Download the latest version of Android Studio to try it out → https://goo.gle/Sneak
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WHOOP reduced excessive partial wake lock sessions by over 90% 🤯 That’s right, we said 90%. By using WorkManager and Android vitals, their engineers found a root cause in a worker that was holding the CPU awake, leading to unnecessary battery drain. See how their team turned a metric flag into an efficiency win → https://goo.gle/3OLyrwA
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Now available for Android via Firebase AI Logic!
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is here. It’s our most cost-efficient model in the Gemini 3 series, built to deliver intelligence at scale. Here’s what’s new: 3.1 Flash-Lite outperforms 2.5 Flash with faster performance at a lower price. New ‘thinking levels’ let you dial in reasoning to adapt for different tasks, while still being able to handle complex workloads - like generating UI and dashboards or creating simulations. Developers can start building now via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio. Find out more → https://goo.gle/47lP5sR
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The Android Studio Panda 2 Feature Drop is stable and ready for you to use, bringing a massive update to how you start and maintain your projects, leveraging advanced agentic capabilities → https://goo.gle/4smublF Dive into what’s new: 🐼 AI-powered New Project flow: you can now build a working app prototype with just a single prompt 🐼 Version Upgrade Assistant: let AI do the heavy lifting of managing dependencies and boilerplate, so you can focus on creating unique experiences for your users
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Android 17 Beta 2 drops today! https://goo.gle/4qSofiZ This update delivers a range of new capabilities, including system-level user experience improvements like the EyeDropper API and a privacy-preserving Contacts Picker. What's new in Beta 2? → Contacts Picker: grants temporary, session-based read access to only the specific data fields requested by the user, reducing the need for the broad READ_CONTACTS permissions. → EyeDropper API: allows your app to request a color from any pixel on the display without requiring sensitive screen capture permissions → SMS OTP Protection: automatically delaying access to SMS messages with OTP And more!
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