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Android and Google Play

Prioritizing Memory Efficiency: Essential Steps for Android 17

Posted by Alice Yuan, Developer Relations Engineer, Ajesh Pai, Developer Relations Engineer, and Fung Lam,…

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Building Premium Android Experiences at Google I/O ‘26

Posted by Ataul Munim, Android Developer Relations Engineer A truly differentiated Android experience is about…

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Top AI on Android updates for building intelligent experiences from Google I/O ‘26

Posted by Jingyu Shi, Staff Developer Relations EngineerAt Google I/O 2026, we introduced Android’s shift…

5 Min Read
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17 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android DeveloperToday at Google I/O, we announced the…

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I/O 2026: What’s new in Google Play

Posted by Paul Feng, VP, Google Play Eng, Product, UX At Google Play, we’re passionate…

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How FotMob leveraged cross-device discovery to score record Wear OS adoption

Posted by Garan Jenkin, Wear OS Developer Relations EngineerFotMob recently experienced its largest single-day increase…

6 Min Read
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Bring Native Visibility to Your VoIP App Experience with Telecom’s Latest Alpha

Posted by Nataraj KR, Android Developer Relations EngineerThe initial launch of the Jetpack Telecom library…

5 Min Read
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Building for the Intelligence System on Android

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android Developer Announced today during The Android Show,…

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How Gratitude boosted user retention by 25% with widgets

Posted by Ash Nohe and Amrit Sanjeev, Android Developer Relations Engineers Practicing gratitude may decrease…

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A look ahead: Making it easier and faster to publish safer apps

Posted by Vijaya Kaza, VP, Product, App & Ecosystem TrustThe mobile ecosystem is always evolving, bringing…

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