Now in Android

Now in Android

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.

Episodes

September 3, 2025 7 mins

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 publish...

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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://g...

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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 -...

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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:

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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 Compos...

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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/3G...

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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...

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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-mar2...

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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 updates on the Second Developer Preview of Android 16, Android XR, Spotlight Week on Android Camera and Media, Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #113 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3PNx39R 

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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 First Developer Preview of Android 16, our Spotlight Week on Passkeys, Stability and Performance Improvements to the Android Emulator and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #112 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3OUlGMV 

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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 API level and schedule updates, Gemini in Android Studio, Google Play, Spotlight weeks on Adaptive Android Apps and Android AI, and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #111 on Medium 

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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 key features and improvements in Android 15, the latest Pixel updates, new tools in Android Studio, inspiring developer journeys, and much more.

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #110 on Medium 

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Android 15 Beta 4, Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, Google Play’s new collection feature, lots of stable AndroidX release, and much more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #109 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3MoHoaM 
Catch #TheAndroidShow videos here → https://goo.gle/tas-24-playlist   

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Welcome to episode 108 of Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’ll cover Android 15 Beta 3, two Compose case studies, Google AI Studio, Gemini in Android Studio, and lots of stable AndroidX releases.

 

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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 Google @ KotlinConf, Android Studio updates, I/O recaps, AndroidX updates, and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #107 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3KI8qZO 

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Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-ni...

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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 I/O’24, Android 15, KMP, Compose, AndroidX, and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #106 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3R5SYua 

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Now in Android articles → https://goo.gle/articles-nia            

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Welcome to Now in Android your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. In this final episode before Google I/O 2024, we’ll cover Android Studio Jellyfish, A/B testing power consumption with the new Power Profiler, and the new AndroidX releases!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #104 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3WkdlXR 

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’re covering the Android 15 Beta release, how Android Studio uses Gemini Pro to make Android development faster and easier, a story about how Google Drive cut code and development time in half, and how to use Dependency Injection in Compose!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #103 on Medium → https:/...

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’re covering updates on Google I/O 2024, Women's History Month, Vulkan on Android, and much more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #102 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4aL0ORj 

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. Today, we’re covering updates on Android 15 Developer Preview 2, a recap from #TheAndroidShow, the Google I/O date for this year, and much more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #101 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4aeO2tY 

 

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