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Mayuri Khinvasara Khabya reveals how Meta eliminated video loading delays for billions of users. The secret? A complete rethinking of how Android apps prepare content before you even tap play.
Miguel Montemayor from Android drops a major compatibility requirement: the developer opt-out for resizability is gone in Android 17. If your app still assumes portrait-only or fixed aspect ratios, you've got w...
Google just killed Developer Previews. Android 17 Beta 1 introduces a continuous Canary channel that delivers features as soon as they pass internal testing, no more waiting for quarterly drops.
Google just solved one of mobile AI's biggest challenges: how do you customize foundation models for your app without breaking device constraints? Their answer might surprise you—it's not fine-tuning.
Sandhya Mohan and Trevor Johns from Google just dropped a game-changer: Android Studio now lets you use ANY LLM—OpenAI, Claude, or even local models—to power your AI coding assistant.
Fahd Imtiaz from Google's Android team reveals a stark reality: tablet and foldable users spend 9-14x more on apps than phone-only users. The mobile-only era is officially over.
Bennet Manuel and Rob Clifford from Google just dropped a security feature so simple it's almost embarrassing we didn't have it sooner: one line of code that blocks malware from reading your app's sensitive dat...
Matthew McCullough from Google just dropped the toolkit that could make AI glasses actually useful. Developer Preview 3 brings purpose-built libraries for augmented experiences that keep users present in the re...
Sandhya Mohan and Trevor Johns from Google just dropped Android Studio Otter 2, and it's packing Gemini 3 Pro with a 1 million token context window. Your AI coding assistant just got a serious upgrade.
Ben Weiss and Sara Hamilton from Google wrap up Performance Spotlight Week with a roadmap to faster Android apps. Reddit cut ANR errors by 30% with one configuration change.
Google Play is about to start penalizing apps that drain your users' batteries. Starting March 2026, excessive wake lock usage could get your app buried in search results or flagged with a warning label.
Ben Weiss from Google shares how Reddit achieved 40% faster cold startup and boosted Play Store ratings in under 2 weeks. The secret? Finally enabling R8 optimizer's full potential.
Ben Weiss, Breana Tate, and Jossi Wolf from Google just dropped a performance goldmine: Trello cut startup time by 25%, and Meta saw improvements up to 40%. All from one optimization technique most teams haven'...
Ben Weiss from Google reveals the single most impactful, low-effort change you can make to Android app performance. Reddit saw 40% faster cold startup and Disney+ cut ANRs by 25% with one configuration tweak.
Google just dropped a comprehensive guide for Android XR performance optimization, and the stakes are higher than traditional mobile: miss your frame rate target and users get motion sickness, not just frustrat...
Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 is here, and it's time for developers to start testing. Google continues its quarterly platform release cadence with another beta drop.
Johan Bay from Google just dropped a game-changer for Android app size. Apps sharing resources across form factors are seeing 50%+ size reductions with one configuration change.
Suzanne Frey from Google just announced a major shift in Android's security model. Starting 2026, every app installed on certified Android devices will need a verified developer behind it.
Caren Chang, Joanna Huang, and Chengji Yan from Google reveal how they're making Gemini Nano v3 940 tokens/second fast while keeping quality consistent across devices. The secret? LoRA adapters and rigorous eva...
Fahad Durrani from Google drops a major requirement: TV apps need 64-bit support by August 2026. If your app has native code, you've got work to do.