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 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 Widget Design Kit → http://goo.gle/4gfFs0w Jetpack Glance → https://goo.gle/42IgJxd Coding Widgets layout video → https://goo.gle/3RYXhXV Codelab → https://goo.gle/3Y70E2M

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-mar25 

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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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