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Jetpack Compose Enhances Scrolling, Lazy Lists, and More
The latest release of Jetpack Compose, as usual named after its introduction month, adds new APIs for rendering shadows, 2D scrolling, improved list performance, and more.
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Arm Scalable Matrix Extension 2 Coming to Android to Accelerate On-Device AI
Available in the Armv9-A architecture, Arm Scalable Matrix Extension 2 (SME2) is a set of advanced CPU instructions designed to accelerate matrix heavy computation. The new Arm technology aims to help mobile developers to run advanced AI models directly on CPU with improved performance and efficiency, without requiring any changes to their apps.
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Google Previews Gemini's Agent Mode in Android Studio Narwhal
Google has announced the integration of Gemini in Android Studio's Agent Mode into the latest canary release of Android Studio, Android Studio Narwhal preview. According to Google, the new Agent Mode is designed to handle multi-step development tasks that span across several files.
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Android 16 Introduces Wide-Ranging Features and Changes
Google has released Android 16, now available for supported Pixel devices. The new release introduces a wide range of new APIs and changes, some of which affect existing apps and require developers to update their code. Material 3 Expressive, the new paradigm for Android user interfaces, is not yet included and will roll out later this year.
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Google Brings Gemini Nano to ML Kit with New On-Device GenAI APIs
The new GenAI APIs recently added to ML Kit enable developers to use Gemini Nano for on-device inference in Android apps, supporting features like summarization, proofreading, rewriting, and image description.
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Gemma 3n Available for On-Device Inference Alongside RAG and Function Calling Libraries
Google has announced that Gemma 3n is now available in preview on the new LiteRT Hugging Face community, alongside many previously released models. Gemma 3n is a multimodal small language model that supports text, image, video, and audio inputs. It also supports finetuning, customization through retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and function calling using new AI Edge SDKs.
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Android Studio Meerkat Update Enhances Gemini Integration and More
The latest feature drop for Android Studio Meerkat brings a range of updates aimed at boosting developer productivity, including extended Gemini integration for crash analysis and unit testing, enhanced Jetpack Compose previews, better Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) integration, and more.
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Google Releases Last Android 16 Beta before Official Launch
With the release of the last Android 16 beta, developers should ensure their apps or libraries are free of any compatibility issues. Google warns of changes—including JobScheduler quotas, stronger intent security, 16KB page size–that might affect apps even if they do not specifically target Android 16.
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Shopify's React Native Journey: an In-Flight Retrospective
Five years into their journey with React Native, Shopify's mobile team has shared a wealth of insights from their experience, highlighting what worked, what didn't, and what lies ahead.
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State of React Native 2024 Survey Highlights
Conducted between December 2024 and January 2025, the State of React Native 2024 Survey collected insights from around 3,500 React Native developers to capture the current state of key tools and technologies in the React Native ecosystem and help developers make better decisions, explains Software Mansion software engineer Bartłomiej Bukowski, who curated the survey.
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TikTok's Native Cross-Platform UI Framework Lynx Goes Open Source
TikTok maker ByteDance has open-sourced Lynx, a collection of frameworks and tools enabling the creation of native, cross-platform mobile apps using Web markup, CSS, and JavaScript. Lynx aims to deliver native performance thanks to its custom JavaScript engine and pixel-perfect UI rendering.
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Meta Unifies Facebook’s Video Delivery System across Mobile and Web Apps
Meta finalized efforts to consolidate Facebook’s video delivery system by migrating video experiences from older Watch product to more recent Reels product, which became the basis of the unified system. The unification process required changes across mobile UI, server backend, and ranking systems while ensuring a seamless transition for billions of users.
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Google Launches Gemma 3 1B for Mobile and Web Apps
Requiring a "mere" 529MB, Gemma 3 1B is a small language model (SLM) specifically meant for distribution across mobile and Web apps, where models must download quickly and be responsive to keep user engagement high.
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Google Enhances Data Privacy with Confidential Federated Analytics
Google has announced Confidential Federated Analytics (CFA), a technique designed to increase transparency in data processing while maintaining privacy. Building on federated analytics, CFA leverages confidential computing to ensure that only predefined and inspectable computations are performed on user data without exposing raw data to servers or engineers.
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Google Introduces Widgets Quality Tiers
Google will start classifying all Android widgets in three quality tiers based on their adherence to best practices and widget guidelines, helping creators improve the user experiences of their widgets.