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A daily-updated feed of Android, AI and web-development news, organised by topic. Articles open on the original publisher’s site.
Updated Oct 7, 2026
- Android
Google's smart home lead could be in trouble if this new rival delivers
Google may finally have a serious new rival
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- Android
Why typing '@' in Google Docs completely changed how I draft my documents
A Gemini Notebook link inside Google Docs turns scattered research into a usable personal library for writers
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- Android
I haven't paid a cent for cloud storage in years. Here's my setup
Here’s how I maxed out free cloud storage
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- Android
Your Pixel Watch's free safety net is about to disappear
Safety Signal could be phased out soon
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- Android
Googlebook's best feature doesn't work with Samsung phones yet
Better Together, but without Samsung
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- Android
Google Messages is quietly ditching a key RCS feature users rely on
There is no clarity when it will be removed, though
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- Android
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 and Buds 2a just keep getting better thanks to a new feature-packed update
These are the updates worth waiting for
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- Android
These Skullcandy ANC headphones usually fly under the radar, but not when they're 78% off
Great value, don't miss out
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- Android Official
How Instagram Direct engineers built AI-native UI architecture with Jetpack Compose and reduced token cost per agent session by 33%
Posted by Pavlo Stavytskyi, Software Engineer, Meta and Rebecca Franks, Developer Relations Engineer, Google This blog post is written in collaboration with the Meta team. Instagram Direct is one of the core surfaces on Instagram, handling…
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- Android Official
Device Streaming and Android skills - available in Android CLI
Posted by Simona Milanovic, Developer Relations Engineer As Android developers, you have many choices when it comes to the agents, LLMs, tools, and command-line interfaces (CLI) you use for app development. Our goal is to help…
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- Android Official
Android Bench 2.0: Pushing the frontier with challenging long-horizon tasks
Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android Developer When we first launched Android Bench, we built a rigorous foundation for evaluating how large language models (LLMs) assist developers with real-world Android tasks. As AI models…
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- Android Official
Driving growth on Google Play: The next era of subscriptions
Posted by Sheenam Mittal, Senior Product Manager, Google Play The subscription landscape is evolving rapidly, especially with the surge of generative AI and increasingly sophisticated app experiences. As the ecosystem shifts, we recognize that developers need…
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- Android Official
Build intelligent Android apps: In-app agentic workflows
Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where you take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent,…
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- Android Official
Build your way: Use any AI agent of your choice in Android Studio
Posted by Matthew Warner, Product Manager, Android Developer Experience AI-powered developer tools have become an essential multiplier for engineering productivity, with teams adopting specialized AI coding agents, custom enterprise harnesses, and autonomous tools. It’s important for…
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- Android Official
Land your apps on Googlebook with adaptive development
Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, and Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, Android Developer Googlebook introduces a new category of laptops built on a shared Android foundation. High-performance hardware from partners such as HP, Dell,…
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- Android Official
Bring your Android game to the car screen today
Posted by Jan Kleinert, Developer Relations Engineer, Android for Cars Today, the games category for Android Auto and cars powered by Android Automotive OS with Google built-in is officially graduating from beta to general availability. Our…
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