- March 18, 2026
Introducing AutoFDO for the Kernel
Posted by Yabin Cui, Software Engineer We are the Android LLVM toolchain team. One of our top priorities is to improve
Get inspired and take your apps to desktop
Posted by Ivy Knight, Senior Design Advocate, Android We’re thrilled to announce major updates to our design resources, giving you the
TikTok reduces code size by 58% and improves app performance for new features with Jetpack Compose
Building a path forward through strategic migration By strategically adopting Jetpack Compose, TikTok was able to stay on top of
Android Developers Blog: Room 3.0
Posted by Daniel Santiago Rivera, Software Engineer The first alpha of Room 3.0 has been released! Room 3.0 is a
Test Sidekick and prepare for upcoming program milestones
Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza, PM Director, Games on Google Play Last September, we shared our vision for the future
Expanding our stage for PC and paid titles
Posted by Aurash Mahbod, VP and GM, Games on Google Play Google Play is proud to be the home of
How WHOOP decreased excessive partial wake lock sessions by over 90%
Earlier this year, Google Play released a new metric in Android vitals: Excessive partial wake locks. This metric measures the
How to Optimize Common Wake Lock Use Cases
Posted by Alice Yuan, Senior Developer Relations Engineer In recognition that excessive battery drain is top of mind for Android
Elevating AI-assisted Android development and improving LLMs with Android Bench
Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer We want to make it faster and easier for you
Instagram and Facebook deliver instant playback and boost user engagement with Media3 PreloadManager
Existing Complexities Previously, Meta used a combination of warmup (to get players ready) and prefetch (to cache content on disk)