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. 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       

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 

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

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 

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

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  

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   

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   

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  

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