Now in Android

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android 16 QPR2 beta 1, the Android Studio Narwhal feature drop, Jetpack Compose 1.9, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Android 16 QPR2 beta 1:38 - Android Studio Updates 2:42 - Jetpack Compose August ‘25 released to stable 3:27 - Media3 1.8 Released 4:18 - Recently published Articles 4:55 - Recent published videos 5:26 - Android Developers Backstage 5:50 - AndroidX 6:45 - Recap Resources: 📚 Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 is here → https://goo.gle/47qDGck 📚 What’s new in the Jetpack Compose August ’25 release → https://goo.gle/4lTt60T 📚 Media3 1.8.0 - What’s new? → https://goo.gle/427ftEb 📚 Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop is stable - start using Agent Mode → https://goo.gle/464WITg Advanced shared elements with shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/3I72rzT Consume a Runtime-Enabled SDK → https://goo.gle/3JIdr7o WearOS Material 3 shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/42eZ6FJ Autofill in Compose → https://goo.gle/464SA5N

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB Page Size requirements, and new subscription tools, Resources: Canary release channel → https://goo.gle/4lMWgjh Agentic AI with Gemini in Android Studio → https://goo.gle/3GUZzpi Prepare your Play app for devices with 16 KB page sizes → https://goo.gle/4f7FI2A Google Play PolicyBytes - July 2025 policy updates → https://goo.gle/45k3AMi #WeArePlay → https://youtu.be/gsFbhR0bDrM Google Play Google I/O 2025 → https://goo.gle/4l8QNCa Android Developer Productivity at Google I/O ‘25 → https://goo.gle/4lQ3R09 AI on Android at Google I/O ‘25 → https://goo.gle/4mnAX7N Building excellent and adaptive apps at Google I/O ‘25 → https://goo.gle/3UBA8fz Live updates & widgets → https://goo.gle/3ILBIJl Build a runtime enabled sdk → https://goo.gle/3IRiXUK Delightful Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/3HajT68 Compose preview →https://goo.gle/45rKS6u

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Meghan shares exciting news like the release of Android 16! Discover developer previews for desktop windowing experiences, building adaptive apps, and more! Chapters and resources: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Android 16 is here → https://goo.gle/45JjAcx 1:27 - Desktop windowing on connected devices → https://goo.gle/4niBGZ4 2:01 - Building excellent, adaptive apps → https://goo.gle/4ej8UTT 2:43 - Testing → https://goo.gle/3HQ6Hn5 3:25 - AndroidX releases → https://goo.gle/409hfEb

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part two of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Jetpack Compose, Camera and Media, accessibility, Kotlin Multiplatform, Android development tools, Google Play, and more. Check out part 1 → https://goo.gle/4n7nty5 Resources: What's New in Jetpack Compose → https://goo.gle/45aiKVQ Seamless video capture, editing and playback with CameraX and Media3 → https://goo.gle/4mKGshE Building delightful Android camera and media experiences → https://goo.gle/3Hw0Eni What’s new in Android development tools → https://goo.gle/3SIsBuE I/O 2025: What's new in Google Play → https://goo.gle/3HwERvQ Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too → https://goo.gle/43zeX3a

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part one of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Material Design’s latest evolution, to building with on-device and cloud AI, to updates for wearables, automotive, XR, and more. Stay tuned for part 2, where Dan covers Android Jetpack, Jetpack Compose, and Android Studio. Resources: Google I/O '25 Developer Keynote → https://goo.gle/4keiQ3b 16 things to know for Android developers at Google I/O 2025 → https://goo.gle/43Sx5Fe Start building with Material 3 Expressive → https://goo.gle/4dCUvlj What’s new in Wear OS 6 → https://goo.gle/3FvI6TF New in-car app experiences → https://goo.gle/3Zzh0li Engage users on Google TV with excellent TV apps → https://goo.gle/4mR5M5Q Build adaptive Android apps that shine across form factors → https://goo.gle/4jqMOQA On-device GenAI APIs as part of ML Kit help you easily build with Gemini Nano → https://goo.gle/4dAUXQV Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 2 → https://goo.gle/4dz28ck

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the Google I/O 2025 program lineup, the release of Jetpack Compose 1.8, Android 16 Beta 4, new Play Console insights, and updated Android Vitals metrics. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:22 - Google I/O 2025 agenda is live → https://goo.gle/3GBntFH 1:02 - Jetpack Compose 1.8 → https://goo.gle/44T96Xp 1:37 - Android 16 Beta 4 → https://goo.gle/42DhBo5 2:31 - New Play Console insights → https://goo.gle/3EOceZZ 3:11 - Android Vitals metrics → https://goo.gle/44OMfMA

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover Android 16 beta 3, Gemini in Android Studio for Business and Multimodal, Android XR, Media and Camera updates, and much more. Resources: Samsung's One UI 7 → https://goo.gle/42Ubuvv Quality Tiers → https://goo.gle/4cJDaqs Canonical Layouts → https://goo.gle/3S0ElIo Figma Widget Design Kit → http://goo.gle/4gfFs0w Jetpack Glance → https://goo.gle/42IgJxd Coding Widgets layout video → https://goo.gle/3RYXhXV Codelab → https://goo.gle/3Y70E2M

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the return of Google I/O, Android Studio Turning 10, the Android 16 Betas, Imagen in Firebase, the latest in AndroidX, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #114 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4hA69xv Catch the latest episode of #TheAndroidShow here → https://goo.gle/tas-mar25 Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover updates on the Second Developer Preview of Android 16, Android XR, Spotlight Week on Android Camera and Media, Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #113 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3PNx39R Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the First Developer Preview of Android 16, our Spotlight Week on Passkeys, Stability and Performance Improvements to the Android Emulator and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #112 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3OUlGMV Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover Android API level and schedule updates, Gemini in Android Studio, Google Play, Spotlight weeks on Adaptive Android Apps and Android AI, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #111 on Medium Watch Now in Android videos Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover key features and improvements in Android 15, the latest Pixel updates, new tools in Android Studio, inspiring developer journeys, and much more. For links to these items, check out Now in Android #110 on Medium Watch more Now in Android Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube #Featured #NowInAndroid #AndroidDevelopers

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Android 15 Beta 4, Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, Google Play’s new collection feature, lots of stable AndroidX release, and much more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #109 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3MoHoaM Catch #TheAndroidShow videos here → https://goo.gle/tas-24-playlist Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to episode 108 of Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’ll cover Android 15 Beta 3, two Compose case studies, Google AI Studio, Gemini in Android Studio, and lots of stable AndroidX releases. Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs #Featured #AndroidDevelopers #NowInAndroid

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode we’ll cover Google @ KotlinConf, Android Studio updates, I/O recaps, AndroidX updates, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #107 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3KI8qZO Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode we’ll cover I/O’24, Android 15, KMP, Compose, AndroidX, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #106 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3R5SYua Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. In this final episode before Google I/O 2024, we’ll cover Android Studio Jellyfish, A/B testing power consumption with the new Power Profiler, and the new AndroidX releases! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #104 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3WkdlXR Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’re covering the Android 15 Beta release, how Android Studio uses Gemini Pro to make Android development faster and easier, a story about how Google Drive cut code and development time in half, and how to use Dependency Injection in Compose! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #103 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3xz1Otd Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’re covering updates on Google I/O 2024, Women's History Month, Vulkan on Android, and much more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #102 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4aL0ORj Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Watch more Now in Android→ https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’re covering updates on Android 15 Developer Preview 2, a recap from #TheAndroidShow, the Google I/O date for this year, and much more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #101 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4aeO2tY Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia Now in Android playlist → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs