Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director of Android Developer Relations Android device makers released several new devices last week, and today we'll take a look at what they mean for developers, as well as the latest on Gemini Nano, Android 15, Jetpack Compos, and more in another of our quarterly shows. #Android Scene:- The ultimate wearables and flexibles – Build! Android device makers unveiled their latest wearables and foldables at Mobile World Congress last week, and we were on the ground in Barcelona to take a look at those new devices and how you can start building on top of them.…
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Posted by Tatiana Van Maren – Global T&S Partnership Lead, Privacy & Security, May Smith – Product Manager and Anita Isaglian – Policy Lead With millions of developers relying on our platform, Google Play is committed to keeping our ecosystem safe for everyone. That's why, in addition to our ongoing investments in app privacy and security, we constantly update our guidelines to respond to new challenges and user expectations. For example, we recently introduced a new account cancellation policy that includes important disclosures in the Data Security section of the Play Store. Deleting an account should be as easy as…
Posted by Ouiam Kouba – Product Manager and Yingzhe Li – Software Engineer Today, we're excited to announce the release of a powerful and reliable new text-to-speech (TTS) engine. Text-to-speech powered by Google's machine learning (ML) technology turns text into natural-sounding speech in over 50 languages. The new text-to-speech engine on Wear OS uses reduced prosody ML models for faster integration on Wear OS devices. Text-to-speech use cases for Wear OS can read out accessibility services, exercise apps, training cues, navigation cues, and incoming alerts through the watch's speaker or Bluetooth-connected headphones. The engine is intended for short-term interactions, so…
Posted by Terence Zhang – Developer Relations Engineer, Google; With Tina Ho – Partner Engineering, TPM and Kun Wang – Partner Engineering, Partner Engineer With the first developer preview of Android 15 just released, another new Android release is coming soon, bringing new features and under-the-code improvements to billions of users around the world. As Android developers, you are key players in this evolution. By staying on a targeted SDK update cycle, you're ensuring your users have the best possible experience. The way Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger, has rolled out Android 14 provides a blueprint for…
Posted by Neville Sicard-Gregory – Senior Product Manager, Android Studio Today we released Android Studio Iguana 🦎 in the stable release channel. Like version control system support in application quality insights, new built-in support for creating baseline profiles for Jetpack text applications, this version should improve your development workflow as you develop your application. Download the new version today! Check out the list of new features in Android Studio Iguana below, organized by key developer streams. Correction Integration of version control system in application quality insights When your release build does a lot of work behind your local source code,…
Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director of Android Developer Relations Earlier today at Mobile World Congress (MWC), the annual conference that showcases the latest Android in mobile, our partners announced new wearables, foldables and a host of new features for Android users. Continue reading below to see how you as a developer can take advantage of these new features and the tools being released. And in just over a week, on Thursday March 7th at 10AM PT, we'll be kicking off another episode of #TheAndroidShow, our quarterly show on YouTube and developer.android.com. . Discover the new OnePlus watch and how we're…
The person who posted it Ksenia ShumelchykAndroid Developer Communication Engineer In collaboration with our hardware partners, we continue to prioritize the user experience for Wear OS at Google. As such, we've made fundamental design changes to the platform and significantly expanded the capabilities of the Wear OS hybrid interface, improving two key areas: power and performance. On the OnePlus Watch 2, powered by the latest Wear OS (Wear OS 4), the dual-chipset architecture works with our hybrid interface to make both chips work better together. This dramatically extended battery life of up to 100 hours with all functions in Smart…
Posted by Thomas Izan – Senior Developer Communications Engineer; Chengji Yan, Penny Li – ML Kit Engineers; David Miro Lopes – Product Manager We are excited to announce the launch of the ML Kit Document Scanner API. This new API makes it easy to add advanced document scanning capabilities to your Android app with a high-quality and consistent user interface. The ML Kit Document Scanner API allows your users to digitize paper documents quickly and easily. Like the other ML Kit APIs, the ML Kit Document Scanner API lets you integrate machine learning (ML)-powered features without any ML knowledge. Why…
The person who posted it Dave BurkeEngineering Vice Today we’re releasing the first Android 15 Developer Preview so that you, our developers, can collaborate with us to build a better Android. Android 15 continues our work to build a platform that helps improve your productivity while providing new capabilities to produce superior media experiences, reduce battery impact, enhance smooth app performance, and protect user privacy and security. . Android lets your apps take advantage of premium device hardware, including high-quality camera capabilities, powerful GPUs, brilliant displays, and AI processing. Demand for large-screen devices, including tablets, flips and tablets, continues to…
Posted by Leticia Lago – Developer Marketing When environmental science student Caitlin returned home from observing sea turtles in Western Australia, she was inspired to create a conservation tool that would improve monitoring of the species. She teamed up with Nicolas, a French developer and marine life enthusiast, to design their app, allowing anyone to support tracking efforts by uploading footage of sightings in the wild. Caitlin and Nicholas shared their journey in our #WeArePlay film, which showcased the amazing stories behind the apps and games on Google Play. We caught up with the couple to learn more about their…