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Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop is stable
Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop is stable

06 May 2025

Posted by Adarsh Fernando, Group Product Manager Today, we're excited to announce the stable release of Android Studio Meerkat Fe...


What’s new in the Jetpack Compose April ’25 release
What’s new in the Jetpack Compose April ’25 release

23 April 2025

Posted by Jolanda Verhoef – Developer Relations Engineer Today, as part of the Compose April ‘25 Bill of Materials , we’re releasing ...


Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Staff Developer Programs Engineer, Trevor Johns
Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Staff Developer Programs Engineer, Trevor Johns

12 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Android Studio isn't just code and algorithms – it's buil...


What's new in CameraX 1.4.0 and a sneak peek of Jetpack Compose support
What's new in CameraX 1.4.0 and a sneak peek of Jetpack Compose support

17 December 2024

Posted by Scott Nien – Software Engineer (scottnien@) Get ready to level up your Android camera apps! CameraX 1.4.0 just dropped with...


Reddit improved app startup speed by over 50% using Baseline Profiles and R8
Reddit improved app startup speed by over 50% using Baseline Profiles and R8

12 December 2024

Posted by Ben Weiss – Developer Relations Engineer, and Lauren Darcey – Senior Engineering Manager, Reddit Reddit is one of the wor...


Introducing Android XR SDK Developer Preview
Introducing Android XR SDK Developer Preview

12 December 2024

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer Today, we're launching the developer preview of the A...