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 the latest releases from Android XR, the Android Studio Otter 2 feature drop with Gemini 3, the release of Android 16 QPR2, Jetpack Navigation 3, and more!   Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - Android XR 1:59 - Android Studio and AI 2:31 - Jetpack updates 3:05 - Performance 3:2...

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Ash covers the latest releases from Android 16 QPR2 to Android Studio Narwhal. Discover The Android Show, Androidify, the Wear OS Spotlight Week, and more!   Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:23 - Android 16 QPR 2 and Beta 1:55 - Android Studio Narwhal 2:33 - The Android Show & Androidify 3:0...

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 - Recentl...

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 → ...

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 connect...

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 J...

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, Jetpa...

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 - Je...

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/3S0E...

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 #TheAndroidS...

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 N...

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 And...

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 Andro...

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...

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:/...

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      ...

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 art...

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/article...

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 →...

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...

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 →...

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-n...

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 first developer preview of Android 15, the stable release of Android Studio Iguana, ML Kit Document Scanning, the Wear OS Hybrid Interface, Nested Scrolling, Strong Skipping, and Shape Morphing in Compose, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Androi...

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 in Jetpack Compose and other Jetpack  libraries, Gemini on Samsung Galaxy, Play recovery tools, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #99 on Medium → https://goo.gle/42w8Pq6  Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia    ...

Welcome to Now in Android, the first installment for 2024 of your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this article we'll cover Gemini Pro, Google AI SDK, Google AI Studio, Cast, Rust, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #98 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4b9s4cT     Now in Android podcast → https://goo.gle/podcast-nia               ...