Posted by Murat Yener – Developer Relations Engineer Following our recent Google I/O announcement recommending Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for sharing business logic across mobile, web, server, and desktop platforms, and our move to use KMP in Google Workspace, KotlinConf 2024 was the next moment to share the highlights and connect with the Kotlin community. Kotlin Multiplatform, developed by JetBrains, allows developers to build cross-platform apps by compiling Kotlin code into platform-native binaries while leveraging the full capabilities of a modern, memory-managed language. This approach ..read more

Posted by Matt Van Der Staay – Engineering Director, Google Home This blog was originally posted on Google for Developers. As the saying goes, “home is where the heart is.” It’s where we spend the most time; it’s your space to be comfortable, where you can truly relax, connect and make memories. Our homes have gotten more helpful with connected products, such as a smart door lock or Nest thermostat. Despite this momentum, it's still too hard to develop for the home. We are changing all of that. Building on the foundation of Matter, we've re-envisioned Google Home as a platform for developer ..read more

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Today we're releasing the second beta of Android 15, which continues our work to build a platform that helps improve your productivity, minimize battery impact, maximize smooth app performance, give users a premium device experience, protect user privacy and security, and make your app accessible to as many people as possible — all in a vibrant and diverse ecosystem of devices, silicon partners, and carriers. Android delivers enhancements and new features year-round, and your feedback on the Android beta program plays a key role in helping Android cont ..read more

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza, Product Management Director, Android Developer Scaling Across Screens with Jetpack Compose The promise of Jetpack Compose has always been that a modern toolkit designed to build native UI can help you build better apps faster and easier. As more and more of you - 40% of the top 1k apps, in fact - use (and love) Compose, we’ve been working to extend those benefits you’re seeing on mobile to also help you build across form factors as well. At Google I/O 2024, we announced a lot of new updates for Compose that help you build across form factors, including Compose APIs ..read more

Kseniia Shumelchyk, Android Developer Relations Engineer, and Garan Jenkin, Android Developer Relations Engineer Wear OS has seen incredible growth and advancements over the past year. With watch launches from Pixel, Samsung and more, Wear OS grew its user base by 40% in 2023 and has users in over 160 countries and regions. And Wear OS has expanded to more brands including OnePlus, OPPO and Xiaomi. This growth has been accompanied by heavy investments in performance and power optimization. In this blog post, we’ll be highlighting some of the key updates we announced at Google I/O this year, s ..read more

Posted by Breana Tate - Developer Relations Engineer, Android Health Android Health’s mission is to enable billions of Android users to be healthier through access, storage, and control of their health, fitness, and safety data. To further this mission, we offer two primary APIs for developers, Health Connect and Health Services on Wear OS, which are both used by a growing number of apps on Android and Wear OS. AI capabilities unlock amazing and unique use cases, but to be ready to deliver the most value to your users at the right time, you need a strong foundation of data. Our updates this y ..read more

Posted by Anna Bernbaum – Product Manager, and Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations Engineer At last year’s Google I/O, we launched the Watch Face Format for Wear OS. This year, as part of our continued partnership with Samsung, we are excited to share some new features that you can use to create exciting new watch face designs! These features are now supported in XML definitions, and later in the year, you’ll also see an update to Watch Face Studio to take advantage of them. The Watch Face Format is the recommended way to create watch faces for Wear OS. The format makes it easier to create cus ..read more

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Product Manager, Android Developer With Android reaching more devices, from phones to foldables to Chromebooks, building apps that seamlessly adapt to different screen sizes and types has never been more crucial. At this year’s Google I/O, we covered building adaptable apps, increasing user productivity with key inputs like keyboard and stylus, and scaling games across surfaces. Building adaptive apps Throughout Google I/O 2024, we’ve talked a lot about how to build adaptive apps. With this shift, some of you may be asking “what makes an app truly adaptive?” Adaptive ap ..read more

Posted by Vivek Radhakrishnan – Technical Program Manager, and Seung Nam – Product Manager With technology in cars becoming more capable, the opportunity to deliver safe and seamless connected experiences for drivers and passengers is greater than ever. Google remains committed to the automotive industry and is seeing momentum across Android Auto and cars powered by Android Automotive OS with Google built-in. We’re excited to share updates across our in-car experiences and introduce new programs and resources to make it easier for you to bring your apps to cars. Learn more below and in the An ..read more

Posted by Matthew McCullough, Vice President, Product Management, Android Developer   AI is unlocking experiences that were not even possible a few years ago, and we’ve been hard at work reimaging Android with AI at the core, to help enable you to build a whole new class of apps. At this year’s Google I/O, we’re covering how new tools like Gemini can power building the next generations of apps on Android. Plus, we showcased a range of updates to our tools and services grounded in productivity, helping you make it faster and easier to build excellent experiences across form factors. Let’s ..read more