
123 – Android XR, Jetpack Navigation 3, and more!
19/12/2025 | 4 min
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

122 – Android Studio updates, Android 16 beta feature, and more!
12/11/2025 | 10 min
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

121 – Android Studio Narwhal 3, Android 16 QPR2 beta, and more!
03/9/2025 | 7 min
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

120 - Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB page size requirements, and more!
06/8/2025 | 7 min
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

119 - Android 16, testing, desktop experiences, AndroidX, and more!
09/7/2025 | 4 min
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



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