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This show gives listeners a quick run-down on things that the Android team has done recently that developers may want to check out. It covers library and platform releases, articles, videos, podcasts, samples, codelabs - whatever seems relevant and interesting for Android developers. Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs Android's a big platform and there are many things being released all the time; listen to this podcast to stay up to date on what those things are.

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December 19, 20254 min

123 – Android XR, Jetpack Navigation 3, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers the latest releases from Android XR, the Android Studio Otter 2 feature drop with Gemini 3, the release of Android 16 QPR2, Jetpack Navigation 3, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - Android XR 1:59 - Android Studio and AI 2:31 - Jetpack updates 3:05 - Performance 3:20 - Core OS Resources: Check out the blog for all the resources → https://goo.gle/4qiDB0k Android XR → https://goo.gle/3Mwbaxv Check out the latest spotlight weeks → https://goo.gle/49djqu7 Check out the latest blogs → https://goo.gle/43fhsXP Check out the latest YouTube videos → https://goo.gle/4hPBUoe Recent Release Notes → https://goo.gle/49AgSYA

November 12, 202510 min

122 – Android Studio updates, Android 16 beta feature, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Ash covers the latest releases from Android 16 QPR2 to Android Studio Narwhal. Discover The Android Show, Androidify, the Wear OS Spotlight Week, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:23 - Android 16 QPR 2 and Beta 1:55 - Android Studio Narwhal 2:33 - The Android Show & Androidify 3:09 - Wear OS Spotlight Week 4:07 - Latest articles 7:07 - Latest videos 9:01 - AndroidX updates Resources: Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 is Here → https://goo.gle/4qQFOS2 Sign up for the ADI Early Access Program→ https://goo.gle/4r0n42u Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop → https://goo.gle/49CgVmz Fall episode of The Android Show → https://goo.gle/3JjiDPm Androidify → https://goo.gle/4oPn6bo Wear OS Spotlight Week → https://goo.gle/3WHweTv Check out the latest blogs → https://goo.gle/43fhsXP Check out the latest YouTube videos → https://goo.gle/4hPBUoe Recent Release Notes → https://goo.gle/49AgSYA

September 3, 20257 min

121 – Android Studio Narwhal 3, Android 16 QPR2 beta, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android 16 QPR2 beta 1, the Android Studio Narwhal feature drop, Jetpack Compose 1.9, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Android 16 QPR2 beta 1:38 - Android Studio Updates 2:42 - Jetpack Compose August '25 released to stable 3:27 - Media3 1.8 Released 4:18 - Recently published Articles 4:55 - Recent published videos 5:26 - Android Developers Backstage 5:50 - AndroidX 6:45 - Recap Resources: 📚 Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 is here → https://goo.gle/47qDGck 📚 What's new in the Jetpack Compose August '25 release → https://goo.gle/4lTt60T 📚 Media3 1.8.0 - What's new? → https://goo.gle/427ftEb 📚 Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop is stable - start using Agent Mode → https://goo.gle/464WITg Advanced shared elements with shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/3I72rzT Consume a Runtime-Enabled SDK → https://goo.gle/3JIdr7o WearOS Material 3 shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/42eZ6FJ Autofill in Compose → https://goo.gle/464SA5N

August 6, 20257 min

120 - Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB page size requirements, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB Page Size requirements, and new subscription tools, Resources: Canary release channel → https://goo.gle/4lMWgjh Agentic AI with Gemini in Android Studio → https://goo.gle/3GUZzpi Prepare your Play app for devices with 16 KB page sizes → https://goo.gle/4f7FI2A Google Play PolicyBytes - July 2025 policy updates → https://goo.gle/45k3AMi #WeArePlay → https://youtu.be/gsFbhR0bDrM Google Play Google I/O 2025 → https://goo.gle/4l8QNCa Android Developer Productivity at Google I/O '25 → https://goo.gle/4lQ3R09 AI on Android at Google I/O '25 → https://goo.gle/4mnAX7N Building excellent and adaptive apps at Google I/O '25 → https://goo.gle/3UBA8fz Live updates & widgets → https://goo.gle/3ILBIJl Build a runtime enabled sdk → https://goo.gle/3IRiXUK Delightful Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/3HajT68 Compose preview →https://goo.gle/45rKS6u

July 9, 20254 min

119 - Android 16, testing, desktop experiences, AndroidX, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Meghan shares exciting news like the release of Android 16! Discover developer previews for desktop windowing experiences, building adaptive apps, and more! Chapters and resources: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Android 16 is here → https://goo.gle/45JjAcx 1:27 - Desktop windowing on connected devices → https://goo.gle/4niBGZ4 2:01 - Building excellent, adaptive apps → https://goo.gle/4ej8UTT 2:43 - Testing → https://goo.gle/3HQ6Hn5 3:25 - AndroidX releases → https://goo.gle/409hfEb

June 18, 20255 min

118 – What's new in Android development at Google I/O 2025 (part 2)

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part two of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Jetpack Compose, Camera and Media, accessibility, Kotlin Multiplatform, Android development tools, Google Play, and more. Check out part 1 → https://goo.gle/4n7nty5 Resources: What's New in Jetpack Compose → https://goo.gle/45aiKVQ Seamless video capture, editing and playback with CameraX and Media3 → https://goo.gle/4mKGshE Building delightful Android camera and media experiences → https://goo.gle/3Hw0Eni What's new in Android development tools → https://goo.gle/3SIsBuE I/O 2025: What's new in Google Play → https://goo.gle/3HwERvQ Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too → https://goo.gle/43zeX3a

June 4, 20257 min

Now in Android: 117 – What's new in Android development at Google I/O 2025 (part 1)

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part one of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Material Design's latest evolution, to building with on-device and cloud AI, to updates for wearables, automotive, XR, and more. Stay tuned for part 2, where Dan covers Android Jetpack, Jetpack Compose, and Android Studio. Resources: Google I/O '25 Developer Keynote → https://goo.gle/4keiQ3b 16 things to know for Android developers at Google I/O 2025 → https://goo.gle/43Sx5Fe Start building with Material 3 Expressive → https://goo.gle/4dCUvlj What's new in Wear OS 6 → https://goo.gle/3FvI6TF New in-car app experiences → https://goo.gle/3Zzh0li Engage users on Google TV with excellent TV apps → https://goo.gle/4mR5M5Q Build adaptive Android apps that shine across form factors → https://goo.gle/4jqMOQA On-device GenAI APIs as part of ML Kit help you easily build with Gemini Nano → https://goo.gle/4dAUXQV Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 2 → https://goo.gle/4dz28ck

May 8, 20253 min

116 - Google I/O, Gemini, and Jetpack Compose 1.8

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we'll cover the Google I/O 2025 program lineup, the release of Jetpack Compose 1.8, Android 16 Beta 4, new Play Console insights, and updated Android Vitals metrics. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:22 - Google I/O 2025 agenda is live → https://goo.gle/3GBntFH 1:02 - Jetpack Compose 1.8 → https://goo.gle/44T96Xp 1:37 - Android 16 Beta 4 → https://goo.gle/42DhBo5 2:31 - New Play Console insights → https://goo.gle/3EOceZZ 3:11 - Android Vitals metrics → https://goo.gle/44OMfMA

April 25, 202510 min

115 - Gemini in Android Studio, Enhancing Safety and Security, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we'll cover Android 16 beta 3, Gemini in Android Studio for Business and Multimodal, Android XR, Media and Camera updates, and much more. Resources: Samsung's One UI 7 → https://goo.gle/42Ubuvv Quality Tiers → https://goo.gle/4cJDaqs Canonical Layouts → https://goo.gle/3S0ElIo Figma Widget Design Kit → http://goo.gle/4gfFs0w Jetpack Glance → https://goo.gle/42IgJxd Coding Widgets layout video → https://goo.gle/3RYXhXV Codelab → https://goo.gle/3Y70E2M

March 21, 20256 min

114 - Google I/O 2025, Android Studio at 10, Android 16 Betas, and more!

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we'll cover the return of Google I/O, Android Studio Turning 10, the Android 16 Betas, Imagen in Firebase, the latest in AndroidX, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #114 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4hA69xv Catch the latest episode of #TheAndroidShow here → https://goo.gle/tas-mar25 Watch more Now in Android → https://goo.gle/now-in-android Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs