Google I/O '26 features 17 key announcements for Android developers focusing on agent-led productivity, Compose First as our UI standard, and high-performance media and adaptive development for the expanding ecosystem.

Announced today during The Android Show, Android is transitioning from an operating system to an intelligence system, creating more opportunities for engagement with your apps.

Today, we are enhancing Android development with Gemma 4, our latest state-of-the-art open model designed with complex reasoning and autonomous tool-calling capabilities.

Android 17 has officially reached platform stability today with Beta 3. That means that the API surface is locked; you can perform final compatibility testing and push your Android 17-targeted apps to the Play Store.

We want to make it faster and easier for you to build high-quality Android apps, and one way we’re helping you be more productive is by putting AI at your fingertips.