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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 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 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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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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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://goo.gle/3xz1Otd 

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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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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 first developer preview of Android 15, the stable release of Android Studio Iguana, ML Kit Document Scanning, the Wear OS Hybrid Interface, Nested Scrolling, Strong Skipping, and Shape Morphing in Compose, and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #100 on Medium → https://goo.gle/3wKQaeB 

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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 in Jetpack Compose and other Jetpack  libraries, Gemini on Samsung Galaxy, Play recovery tools, and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #99 on Medium → https://goo.gle/42w8Pq6 

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