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• Announcing the Windows Workgroup We are excited to announce the creation of theWindows workgroup! • The primary goal is to ensure ongoing support for Swift on Windows, enabling u

• What’s new in Swift: January 2026 Edition A Reddit thread earlier this month asked about building web apps with Swift. • For this edition of ‘What’s new in Swift,’ we invited a d

• Kotlin A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains Follow: XX RSSRSS Kodee’s Kotlin Roundup: KotlinConf ‘26 Updates, New Releases, and More KotlinConf 2026 is startin

• 17 February 2026 Get ready for Google I/O May 19-20 Posted by The Google I/O Team Google I/O is back! • Join us online as we share our latest AI breakthroughs and updates in prod

• 17 February 2026 In Android 17, apps targeting SDK 37 or higher will receive a new implementation of MessageQueue where the implementation is lock-free. • The new implementation

• 13 February 2026 Posted by Miguel Montemayor, Developer Relations Engineer, Android With the release of Android 16 in 2025, we shared our vision for a device ecosystem where apps

• 13 February 2026 Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer Today we’re releasing the first beta of Android 17, continuing our work to build a plat

• Kotlin offers concise multiplatform language for backend development. • Tutorial explores shift from microservices to modular monolith architecture. • Monoliths reduce deployment

• Today we’re excited to release React Native 0.84! • This release makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine, bringing significant performance improvements to all React Native

• Kotlin A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains Follow: XX RSSRSS Pick Your KotlinConf Workshop by What You Want to Learn Hi! • Already coming to KotlinConf in Mun

• Kotlin A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains Follow: XX RSSRSS Join the Kotlin Ecosystem Mentorship Program TL;DR: The Kotlin Foundation is launching a mentorsh

• JetBrains AI Supercharge your tools with AI-powered features inside many JetBrains products Koog x ACP: Connect an Agent to Your IDE and More We hope you’re staying up to date wi

• Qodana The code quality platform for teams Follow: XX RSSRSS Qodana for Android: Increasing Code Quality for Kotlin-First Teams When people think about tooling for Android develo

• Google Play Console now includes Monetization insights and actionable recommendations. • The Monetize with Play overview gains a dynamic insights section for clearer revenue driv

• 28 January 2026 How Automated Prompt Optimization Unlocks Quality Gains for ML Kit’s GenAI Prompt API Posted by Chetan Tekur, PM at AI Innovation and Research, Chao Zhao, SWE at

• Use Photo Picker Jetpack library (androidx.photopicker:photopicker-compose:1.0.0-alpha01) for easy integration. • Create a Composable demo that tracks selected attachments with m

• JioHotstar leveraged Google’s adaptive app guidance to tailor its interface for foldables and tablets. • The team evaluated the app against large‑screen quality guidelines to pin

• Trade‑in mode on Android 16+ speeds device assessment by bypassing setup wizard. • A single adb command (tradeinmode getstatus) pulls full device health data instantly. • Secure

• Agents eventually exhaust context windows, causing crashes and loss of progress. • Switching models (GPT‑5 Codex, Claude Sonnet) can improve performance but still hit limits. • T

• KotlinConf 2026 will feature a lineup of pioneering speakers shaping Kotlin’s future. • The conference promises inspiring talks, deep workshops, and networking for global Kotlin

• Ktor 3.4.0 released, focusing on stability and performance for next year of development. • New OpenAPI generation API and compiler plugin produce runtime docs from routing tree.

• Exposed 1.0 released, marking a major milestone with a stable API and no breaking changes until the next major release. • R2DBC support added, enabling reactive drivers in Expose

• Save for later lets developers postpone non‑ready changes in Publishing overview. • Previously all changes bundled, causing delays or publishing incomplete updates. • Feature app

• Avoid null-safety conflicts by using nullable types carefully in entity fields. • Ensure entity classes have a public no-argument constructor for JPA hydration. • Do not declare

• Kotlin A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains Follow: XX RSSRSS Update your Kotlin projects for Android Gradle Plugin 9.0 Android Gradle plugin 9.0is now availab

• Posted by Sandhya Mohan, Senior Product Manager and Trevor Johns, Developer Relations Engineer We are excited to announce that Android Studio Otter 3 Feature Drop is now stable!

• Kotlin A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains Follow: XX RSSRSS Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0: Unified @Preview, Navigation 3, and Stable Compose Hot Reload Compo

• 08 January 2026 Ultrahuman launches features 15% faster with Gemini in Android Studio Ultrahumanis a consumer health-tech startup that provides daily well-being insights to users

• 19 December 2025 Media3 1.9.0 - What’s new Media3 1.9.0 - What’s new? • media3-inspector- Extract metadata and frames outside of playback media3-inspector- Extract metadata and f

• 19 December 2025 Goodbye Mobile Only, Hello Adaptive: Three essential updates from 2025 for building adaptive apps Goodbye Mobile Only, Hello Adaptive: Three essential updates fr

• 18 December 2025 Bringing Androidify to Wear OS with Watch Face Push Posted by Garan Jenkin - Developer Relations Engineer However, given that Android spans multiple form factors

• 17 December 2025 We recently shared how Instagram enabled users to take stunning low light photos using Night Mode. • That feature is perfect for still images, where there’s time

• 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 built for sp

• 15 December 2025 Posted by Santiago Aboy Solanes - Software Engineer, Vladimír Marko - Software Engineer The Android Runtime (ART) team has reduced compile time by 18% without co

• 15 December 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 dynamic ec

• 11 December 2025 Building a safer Android and Google Play, together Earlier this year, we reiterated our commitment tokeeping Android and Google Play safefor everyone and maintai

• 11 December 2025 #WeArePlay: How Matraquina helps non-verbal kids communicate In our latest#WeArePlayfilm, we meet Adriano, Wagner and Grazyelle. • The trio are behindMatraquinha

• 11 December 2025 Enhancing Android security: Stop malware from snooping on your app data Security is foundational to Android. • We partner with you to keep the platform safe and

• React Native 0.83 - React 19.2, New DevTools features, no breaking changes Today we are excited to release React Native 0.83! • This release includes React 19.2, significant new

• React Native 0.82 - A New Era Today we’re excited to release React Native 0.82: the first React Native that runs entirely on the New Architecture. • This is a milestone release f

• Today we are excited to release React Native 0.81! • This ships with support for Android 16 (API level 36) and includes a variety of other stability improvements and bugfixes, as

• React Native 0.80 ships React 19.1.0, aligning with latest stable React release. • Deep imports from React Native are deprecated; warnings issued via ESLint and console. • New op

• Metro 0.82 introduces deferred hashing, speeding first yarn start by 3x for large projects. • Stable support for package.json exports/imports enhances compatibility with modern n

• React Native 0.78 introduces React 19, bringing smaller, faster releases and new async transition features. • Key changes include removal of propTypes and other legacy APIs requi

• Two-day summit at Callstack HQ, Wrocław, gave unstructured time for core contributors. • Tracks covered releases, new architecture, web APIs, LeanCore 2.0, Nitro Modules, view co

• New CSS properties: display: contents, boxSizing, mixBlendMode, outline for richer layouts. • Android 16KB page support, enabling compatibility with latest Android devices. • Swi

• React Native 0.76 ships with New Architecture enabled by default on npm. • Architecture supports modern React features: Suspense, Transitions, automatic batching, useLayoutEffect

• React Native 0.76 launches New Architecture enabled by default, boosting performance and future‑proofing apps. • Stable React Native DevTools provide Chrome‑style debugging, brea

• React Native 0.75 introduces Yoga 3.1, adding % support for gaps and translation transforms. • New Architecture receives stabilization fixes, encouraging migration for new layout

• React Conf recommends using a React Native framework, like Expo, as the primary tool for new app development. • Frameworks bundle essential APIs, simplifying navigation, data fet

• Yoga 3.0 enhances layout predictability, aligns with web, adds alignContent: ‘space-evenly’ support. • Bridgeless New Architecture enabled by default, paving the way for future b

• Hermes now captures all console.log() calls before debugger connects, matching web browser debugging. • Stable symlink support in Metro improves module resolution and developer w

• React Native 0.72 introduces beta support for package.json ’exports’ field in Metro. • Enables React Native projects to work seamlessly with a wider npm ecosystem. • Packages can

• React Native 0.72 release introduces highly requested Metro symlink support, improving monorepo compatibility. • Beta package exports enable modern npm package APIs, aligning Rea

• 0.71‑RC0 released Nov 4 2022, introduced Maven Central artifact publishing to speed builds. • Dynamic Gradle dependency (implementation(‘com.facebook.react:react-native:+’)) caus

• TypeScript now default in new RN projects, tsconfig ready immediately. • Flexbox gap support added, simplifying responsive layouts across devices globally. • Web-inspired props f