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Hey all, long time no speak. I hear this is where all the AI talk is happening these days!
@stevejenkinsyo and I just spoke at #AndroidDevSummit on Agentic Engineering with Claude Code and Android CLI. It's a whole new era of Android development!
youtu.be/Mb9H43ia0kE?is=jrPR…
Android Developers retweeted
Big news out of #AndroidDevSummit! 🚀
We announced the Connected Apps Platform that gives developers a unified entry point to surface their apps directly across Gemini and Search.
Check out the deep dive and live demos: youtu.be/-4G-4w9FKDw?is=cPvw…
Android Developers retweeted
At #AndroidDevSummit we spoke about all the latest features in Compose and Android Platform for graphics! 💚
One of the features I'm most excited about is the new API in Platform version 37.2 - RenderNode.setBackdropRenderEffect & createChainEffect.
These APIs unlock a lot of exciting effects, like frosted glass effects, progressive blur backdrops, or even a fun kaleidoscope effect.
The limit to how you transform a backdrop is now limited to your imagination as you can pass in any shader your heart desires 🥰
The recording of our talk is now available ⬆️
youtube.com/watch?v=TirZPDPV…
Android Developers retweeted
We’re launching a preview of our Connected Apps Platform, giving developers a single place to build and manage apps for Search and the @GeminiApp.
Plus, we’re rolling out a new set of Connected Apps from partners like @Adobe, @Calm, and @onepeloton to make your everyday activities more streamlined.
ALT Connected Apps Platform dashboard for the Tixframe app, showing tester status, app details, and MCP setup options.
ALT Grid of company logos from Connected Apps partners, including Canva, Dropbox, and Shopify.
Android Developers retweeted
Android Dev Summit 2026 is happening now! 🤖✨
We built an ADS Connected App powered by MCP so you can explore sessions with an interactive UI right inside Gemini.
Ask Gemini about @AndroidDevSummit to try it live! 🚀
Android Developers retweeted
I got to share the news yesterday at ADS that just in the last 2 months the usage of Android CLI has grown 10x and shows no indications of slowing down. These additional commands are only going to make it even more attractive to developers and their agents.
🚀 A massive batch of new commands landed in Android CLI 💻, just in time for Android Dev Summit!
Render Compose Previews to PNG & JSON (android preview) 🎨
Investigate crashes and ANRs via Crashlytics (android signals) 🐛
Record system traces & heap dumps (android profiler) ⚡
Inspect APKs, DEX & R8 (android analyze) 📦
Plus a fresh release of Android skills for many areas, including ML Kit Agent API, Jetpack Ink, Glance, and more 😌
Learn more ⬇️ 🤙 :
goo.gle/android-cli
Android Developers retweeted
Hey Friends! 👋
It's day 2 for ADS! A couple of highlights!
If you're in Mountain View, don't forget to pick up your voucher for a free XREAL AURA.
AI hackathon, Jetpack XR SDK workshop , and the XR Sandbox also amazing demos by Astro Beam and YBVR!
Android Developers retweeted
Was so great talking to Android devs yesterday at the #AndroidDevSummit! I learned a lot about all the ways Google is making it easier to create powerful apps for every kind and size of screen. Summit is still happening today so follow along with @AndroidDev for more.
Android Developers retweeted
I’ve always believed that the endgame of spatial computing is something close to the holodeck on Star Trek – computing that feels limitless, immersive, and completely natural.
When we started building Android XR, we knew the early chapters of that story would require bulky headsets. That was the price of admission for the technology at the time.
Today, you can see the transition to the next generation happening in real time.
XREAL just officially launched XREAL AURA, the first wired XR glasses running Android XR. Because they’re dramatically lighter and more balanced than traditional headsets, they cross a critical barrier: you can comfortably keep them on for hours whether watching a movie or getting work done on multiple screens.
I’ve been using a pair recently, and it changes how you think about screens:
🟢 For productivity: I can pull up multiple virtual windows in a public space without anyone seeing my work. It completely changes working on the go.
🟢 For entertainment & daily apps: Because it runs Android, all of your favorite Google Play apps are natively there alongside immersive XR content.
🟢 For everyday life: With Gemini integrated, the glasses understand what you're looking at and can give you hands-free, contextual help as you walk around.
We wanted Android XR to be more than a cool tech demo – we wanted it to fit effortlessly into daily life. Today feels like a huge step in that direction.
Proud of the Google and XREAL teams who pulled this off!
Learn more about XREAL AURA here: blog.google/products-and-pla…
Android Developers retweeted
I’ve just stepped off the stage at Android Developer Summit and am excited to share the updates my team and I gave there. We covered transforming how you build apps with agentic AI & tools that help you build for multiple devices.
Here’s the bits in a quick thread:
Android Developers retweeted
✨ This is huge 👀: We're launching Android MCP, powered by the AppFunctions API!
This lets your app integrate with @GeminiApp on Android so your users can ask questions that pull info from your app or take actions in it.
To support this, we're also launching a preview of the Connected Apps Platform.
This is the announcement I'm most excited about from #AndroidDevSummit!
Android Developers retweeted
Super excited to share our latest case study featuring Grab! 🚀
developer.android.com/blog/p…
Tackling performance across a decade-old codebase with 10M+ lines of code isn't an overnight flick of a switch—the Grab team achieved it by rolling out R8 Compat Mode with Startup Profiles, moving to Full Mode, and using the R8 Configuration Analyzer and refining their keep rules to push their optimization scores past 78% alongside strict CI guardrails.
The overall wins across the rollout:
📉 ~32.5% fewer ANRs
📦 ~30% smaller app size
⚡ 35% faster cold startup
#Android #MobileEngineering #R8 #AndroidDev
Android Developers retweeted
Hey Friends! 👋
Can you believe we're 7 days away from #AndroidDevSummit?
If you're curious about whats happening at ADS, check out: rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/a…
can't make it in person? Check out the Livestream and session on YouTube👉lnkd.in/e6vEG49q
#XR #AndroidXR
Android Developers retweeted
We've been improving the #JetpackCompose documentation with loads of small fixes, but also new docs in general! 🔥
For ex: The Dragging composables documentation was updated to showcase Modifier.anchorredDraggable(), showcasing how to make custom navigation drawers with overscroll effects.
developer.android.com/develo…
Android Developers retweeted
Excited to share Gemini 4 is available for developers in Antigravity and Android CLI! By bringing frontier reasoning to native Android dev tools, Gemini 4 delivers autonomous self-correction loops, better token efficiency and production-ready Jetpack Compose code out of the box.
Learn more: android-developers.googleblo…
Android Developers retweeted
The device streaming capability is going to be a hit as it empowers agentic workflows to test across a more diverse set of device form factors. I'm anticipating a step change in the app features targeting Android devices beyond handsets.
🚀 Lots of handy Android CLI updates this week!
Device Streaming is now in CLI - agents can now spin up remote devices 📱
Fresh new batch of Android skills for Security, Identity, Media3, TV, and more 😌
Learn more in ⬇️ 🤙 :
youtube.com/watch?v=JMPd2jbQ…
android-developers.googleblo…
Android Developers retweeted
We've just released a new official Android skill that can be used to statically analyse your #JetpackCompose code for performance improvements. ⚡️
Install it, and ask your agent to run the skill on your code. 🧑💻
We've seen some good results running it internally - give it a try and let us know any feedback!
github.com/android/skills/tr…
🤖 Made with AI
Android Developers retweeted
🚀 Lots of handy Android CLI updates this week!
Device Streaming is now in CLI - agents can now spin up remote devices 📱
Fresh new batch of Android skills for Security, Identity, Media3, TV, and more 😌
Learn more in ⬇️ 🤙 :
youtube.com/watch?v=JMPd2jbQ…
android-developers.googleblo…
Android Developers retweeted
Watch how Antigravity takes an Android app from prompt to real device. Using the Stitch MCP and the Android CLI plugin, the agent pulls your designs, builds the native Jetpack Compose components, verifies them in the emulator, and runs the final build on a real phone.
Android Developers retweeted
If you looking to advance your AI usage with Android: My #1 tip is to install the Android CLI.
It's a bunch of easy to use tools from the command line, that you agents can interact with.
The latest feature added to the CLI is Device Streaming - allowing your agents to connect to remote Android devices.
Learn more tips from @anomisSi in the latest post: android-developers.googleblo…