- January 13, 2026
Stop malware from snooping on your app data
Posted by Bennet Manuel, Product Management, Android App Safety and Rob Clifford, Developer Relations Security is foundational to Android. We partner with you to keep
Ultrahuman launches features 15% faster with Gemini in Android Studio
Ultrahuman is a consumer health-tech startup that provides daily well-being insights to users based on biometric data from the company’s wearables, like the RING Air
How Matraquina helps non-verbal kids communicate
In our latest #WeArePlay film, we meet Adriano, Wagner and Grazyelle. The trio are behind Matraquinha, an app helping thousands of non-verbal children in more
A look back at the tools that powered your growth in 2025
Hi everyone, Thank you for making 2025 another amazing year for Google Play. Together, we’ve built Play into something much more than a store—it’s a
Build smarter apps with Gemini 3 Flash
Posted by Thomas Ezan, Senior Developer Relations Engineer Today, we’re expanding the Gemini 3 model family with the release of Gemini 3 Flash, frontier intelligence
Brighten Your Real-Time Camera Feeds with Low Light Boost
With a recent update, LLB allows Instagram users to line up the perfect shot, and then their existing Night Mode implementation results in the same
Bringing Androidify to Wear OS with Watch Face Push
Posted by Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations Engineer A few months ago we relaunched Androidify as an app for generating personalized Android bots. Androidify transforms
Three essential updates from 2025 for building adaptive apps
Goodbye Mobile Only, Hello Adaptive: Three essential updates from 2025 for building adaptive apps In 2025 the Android ecosystem has grown far beyond the phone.
Android Developers Blog: Media3 1.9.0
Media3 1.9.0 is out! Besides the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the latest release also contains four new or largely rewritten modules: We also
18% Faster Compiles, 0% Compromises
Posted by Santiago Aboy Solanes – Software Engineer, Vladimír Marko – Software Engineer The Android Runtime (ART) team has reduced compile time by 18% without
