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Apps that target the upcoming Android release will no longer be able to directly write to contacts with the WRITE_CONTACTS permission.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

We give developers powerful APIs to build incredible capabilities into their apps for Apple products, backed by a set of controls designed to protect users’ private data. Full Disk Access largely sidesteps these controls in order to allow backup apps to function properly on the Mac. Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could put users at risk, exposing everything on their systems—including files…

Apple Developer News · 2026-10-02T16:00:19Z

Did you know you can build an interactive Android gaming widget? This blog post series will show you how with a new alpha library called Remote Compose.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp, offering deliveries, mobility, and financial services to millions of users across eight countries through a single app.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Posted by the Android Developers Team Today, we are closing this chapter on Blogger and moving all official news and engineering insights directly to developer.android.com/blog . The new blog will have improved formatting, tighter integration with our technical content and be easier to navigate. Update your bookmarks and RSS today. Happy Coding!

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-15T20:00:00Z

Posted by Paul Feng, VP of Product Management, Google Play, Google Play Today, we shared how we’re taking our “More than a store” vision into its next chapter. From You tab—now a personalized home base for your favorite apps and content—to Play Games Sidekick connecting over 2 billion players, Google Play is meeting users wherever they are. [1] For developers, our goal is to help you connect with your audience and…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-13T17:00:00Z

Posted by Jason Buchel, Creative Technologist, Platform & Devices As agentic development accelerates, Android engineering is reaching an exciting new frontier: moving from assistive code completion to agents executing end-to-end under your direction. You have total choice and flexibility in the models and agents you use. Gemini 4 Argon excels at deep work in complex, real-world tasks across domains including coding…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-13T16:00:00Z

Today, we shared how we’re taking our “more than a store” vision into its next chapter. From You tab, now the personal home base for over 250M monthly active users, to our unified gaming platform connecting over 700M gamer profiles, Google Play is meeting users wherever they are.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

As agentic development accelerates, Android engineering is reaching an exciting new frontier: moving from assistive code completion to agents executing end-to-end under your direction. You have total choice and flexibility in the models and agents you use.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

Posted by Cyrus Stoller, Group Product Manager, Laptops & Tablets Today, getting the most out of AI workflows requires access to a terminal with a command line, even if someone doesn’t identify as a programmer or software developer. With Googlebook, we’re excited to help users express themselves and gain access to these tools. Googlebooks come with pre-installed tooling to get you going. In this post, we’ll explore…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-12T18:00:00Z

With Googlebook, we’re excited to help users express themselves and gain access to these tools.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

Posted by Simona Milanovic, Developer Relations Engineer As Android developers, you have many choices when it comes to the agents, LLMs, tools, and command-line interfaces (CLI) you use for app development. Our goal is to help you build beautiful, high-quality Android apps, no matter how you choose to build. We’re announcing updates to our Android CLI command-line tooling, including the ability to access real…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-02T16:00:00Z

As Android developers, you have many choices when it comes to the agents, LLMs, tools, and command-line interfaces (CLI) you use for app development. Our goal is to help you build beautiful, high-quality Android apps, no matter how you choose to build.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z

Posted by Pavlo Stavytskyi, Software Engineer, Meta and Rebecca Franks, Developer Relations Engineer, Google This blog post is written in collaboration with the Meta team. Instagram Direct is one of the core surfaces on Instagram, handling billions of user messages every single day. Over years of iteration, the team squeezed every micro-optimization possible out of the legacy Android View system. However…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-30T19:00:00Z

The team built an AI-native UI codebase that is 50% smaller than the original implementation, while achieving a 35% reduction in AI agent execution time, 32% fewer engineer-agent exchanges, and a 33% reduction in token cost.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-30T00:00:00Z

Posted by Sheenam Mittal, Senior Product Manager, Google Play The subscription landscape is evolving rapidly, especially with the surge of generative AI and increasingly sophisticated app experiences. As the ecosystem shifts, we recognize that developers need more flexible and robust tools to monetize effectively while improving the LTV of recurring purchases. On Google Play, we are continuously expanding our…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-29T16:00:00Z

On Google Play, we are continuously expanding our subscription platform to help you drive growth, adapt to new business models, and meet your users exactly where they are.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-29T00:00:00Z

Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where you take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our previous post you learned how to connect to the intelligence system using AppFunctions. In this post, you will learn how to build autonomous…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-28T16:00:00Z

Posted by Matthew Warner, Product Manager, Android Developer Experience AI-powered developer tools have become an essential multiplier for engineering productivity, with teams adopting specialized AI coding agents, custom enterprise harnesses, and autonomous tools. It’s important for you to be able to build Android apps in the way that works best for you and your team, and agentic Android development is more open…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-24T15:59:00Z

Last year, Android Studio opened up to any AI model. Today, we’re taking the next step by introducing support for your choice of coding agents.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, and Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, Android Developer Googlebook introduces a new category of laptops built on a shared Android foundation. High-performance hardware from partners such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus, combines mobile convenience with desktop power. Googlebook offers high-resolution OLED touchscreens, dedicated keyboards, and precision…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-22T17:00:00Z

Googlebook introduces a new category of laptops built on a shared Android foundation. High-performance hardware from partners such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus, combines mobile convenience with desktop power.

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z

Posted by Jan Kleinert, Developer Relations Engineer, Android for Cars Today, the games category for Android Auto and cars powered by Android Automotive OS with Google built-in is officially graduating from beta to general availability. Our early access partners have already been bringing games to the parked-only experience for cars, and you can browse these in our latest collections of games for Android Auto and…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-21T16:00:48Z

Posted by Maunik Shah, Staff Software Engineer, Alec Garcia, Software Engineer, and Joseph Yong, Technical Program Manager At Android, we are constantly working to provide developers and enterprise partners with the data they need to keep devices protected. Today, we're thrilled to announce the stable release of the AndroidX Security State version 1.1.0 and Security State Provider version 1.0.0 libraries which…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-17T19:00:00Z

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android Developer When we first launched Android Bench, we built a rigorous foundation for evaluating how large language models (LLMs) assist developers with real-world Android tasks. As AI models and agents rapidly evolve, we’ve been updating our methodology, such as aligning our benchmark framework with the Harbor framework . Today we’re releasing the first set…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-17T14:06:00Z

Posted by Steven Jenkins, Product Manager, Sherif Eid, Senior Software Engineer, and Fabien Sanglard, Staff Software Engineer, Android Studio Wireless debugging on Android is now faster, more reliable, and easier to set up than ever. With ADB Wi-Fi 2.0, we’ve introduced a new server stack and smarter network handling to directly address developer feedback around usability gaps. How ADB Wi-Fi 2.0 Improves Wireless…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-09T16:00:00Z

Posted by Amman Fasil Asfaw, Product Manager, Android Studio Android Studio Quail 4 is now stable and ready for you to use in production. This is the final stable release for Android Studio Quail. The new features in Android Studio enable you to build premium apps with AI efficiently and effectively. Check out the video below to see the most helpful new features from the last 4 releases that can help improve and…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-09-01T15:00:00Z

Posted by Rob Orgiu, Developer Relations Engineer, Adaptive Apps, Android Adaptive app development is fundamental on Android, but making sure everything looks good and every feature works the way it should require multiple tests on multiple devices. Or does it? Well, yes… and no! While Android Studio is bundled with the Resizable Emulator to let you test layouts manually, there’s a faster, more streamlined way to…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-08-31T16:00:00Z

Posted by Niharika Arora, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager, Google and Mayank Manuja, Android Engineer, Meta WhatsApp is the world's largest messaging platform, serving billions of users globally. It is the default communication tool for people across diverse regions, connecting users through private, reliable, and secure messaging. "What excites me most is the sheer…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-08-27T17:00:00Z

Posted by Raghavendra Hareesh Pottamsetty, GM, Google Play Developer & Monetization Maintaining a healthy Android ecosystem is a shared commitment where every app and game has a role to play. To help you deliver the premium experiences users expect, Google Play is introducing two new quality requirements: one focused on reducing app memory footprint, and another on providing a secure, seamless device migration…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-08-26T17:00:00Z

Posted by Ron Aquino, Senior Director, Trust & Safety, Chrome, Android, and Play At Google Play, user safety and developer success go hand in hand. We continue to see growth in apps with AI generated features, and indeed, adding generative AI into your apps is a great way to unlock incredible creative possibilities. However, AI features also bring new safety challenges - such as the rise of AI-facilitated generation…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-08-25T17:00:00Z

Posted by Markus Vill, Software Engineer, Sean Keys, Security Engineer, and Istvan Nador, Software Engineer, Android Auto At Google, we believe our products should be secure by design, which is why we built the Android Automotive Operating System for Software Defined Vehicle (AAOS SDV) on existing, market-proven platforms , leveraging virtualization technologies like Cuttlefish . While our release announcements…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-08-24T16:00:31Z

Posted by Blair Harmon, Director of Product Management, Android Platform A great user experience is central to Android's mission, and delivering on that promise requires keeping devices fast, responsive, and reliable. This is why memory optimization is more critical than ever. Across the ecosystem, new devices are maintaining or even decreasing their physical memory capacity in response to memory price increases…

Android Developers Blog · 2026-08-19T19:00:00Z