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Updated December 9, 2024

Join Sam Bright, VP & GM, Google Play + Developer Ecosystem, as we take a look back at some of the key features and programs launched this year to help you build successful apps and games businesses. Read our blog for more details →

Updated December 9, 2024

Hello everyone, Thank you for making this year another incredible one! Your innovative experiences continue to inspire us and bring joy to billions. We recently celebrated some of your amazing work in our Best of 2024 awards, showcasing moments of

Updated December 6, 2024

Join us on a journey around the world as we discover the stories of inspiring app and game founders building businesses on Google Play. Watch the full playlist → https://goo.gle/WeArePlay #WeArePlay celebrates the global community of people creating

Updated December 5, 2024

Vulkan 1.4 was released recently, and with it comes a significant feature for Android: Host Image Copy, based on VK_EXT_host_image_copy. We have previously written about this extension in this Khronos blog post, explaining the technical details of

Updated December 4, 2024

Meet Mesty and Garri, a husband-and-wife team making expert parenting advice available to all. Their app gives parents across Indonesia the tools and knowledge they need to care for their children. #WeArePlay celebrates the global community of people

Updated December 4, 2024

In our latest film for #WeArePlay, which celebrates the people behind apps and games, we meet Mesty and Garri - the husband and wife duo who created Tentang Anak. Their app helps parents across Indonesia navigate their parenting journey with

Updated December 3, 2024

At Google Play, we’re committed to providing a safe and secure environment for your business to thrive. That’s why we continually invest in reinforcing user trust, protecting your business, and safeguarding the ecosystem. This includes actively

Updated November 27, 2024

Clipping or masking parts of your content is a way to create delightful UI effects, and is a common need when working with custom UI components. Clipping is the process of removing parts of your content based on a set path or shape. Whereas masking

Updated November 27, 2024

In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Shai Barack about how the Android platform team studies performance and understands system health - and what is system health anyway? We talk about measuring performance, deciding trade-offs, and our

Updated November 21, 2024

As part of #PasskeysWeek this week, we're hosting a live Q&A with the team! Send us your passkeys questions using #AskAndroid for a chance to have them answered live. Or, you can submit your question through the form → https://goo.gle/3UERvg8

Updated November 21, 2024

We work closely with many teams and one thing they all have in common is a justified growing focus on automated testing. More features, more form factors, and more supported Android releases make tests increasingly important. These guides don’t focus

Updated November 20, 2024

For the Passkeys Spotlight Week, we'll cover how to implement passkeys, including new learning materials, blog posts, case studies, and learning pathways to earn passkeys badges on your Google Developer Profile. Watch more Spotlight Weeks →

Updated November 20, 2024

Earlier this year #WeArePlay went on a virtual tour of Australia and the U.S. to spotlight the stories of app and game founders. Today, we’re rounding up our tour across the world with the last stop for 2024: Japan. From an app that uses AI to

Updated November 18, 2024

Android 16 Developer Preview 1 is available now to test with your apps. This is the start of Android having more frequent API releases as part of our effort to drive faster innovation in apps and devices. In addition to new developer APIs, the Q4

Updated November 15, 2024

In this episode, learn all about Graphics Layers in Compose and how you can use the APIs to composite graphics layers together to create interesting visual effects. This episode covers how to use BlendModes to blend between two layers, and how to set