The next wave of innovation is here with the Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop→ https://goo.gle/45uWp4U 🤖 Gemini in Android Studio's Agent Mode 🖥️ Powerful new tools for XR development 💻 Key updates to optimize & refine your app
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Android Studio Technical Writer Amy Gu offers an inside look at how new features are brought to the developer community. Discover the importance of clear documentation, cross-functional teamwork, and community feedback in communicating a feature's value and functionality ↓
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Get your first look at Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 and our first-ever minor SDK version, allowing for faster API innovation → goo.gle/4mBlFwo This release is packed with additive changes, including native PDF editing, an expanded dark theme, interactive chooser sessions, IAMF spatial audio support, and new widget engagement metrics to improve your app's design. 🛠️
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Discover new possibilities for user engagement → https://goo.gle/44DFyez You'll learn about: ✨ Live update notifications and the new progress style template 🔑 Using widgets to create rich user experiences
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Android 16 makes Adaptive Refresh Rate (ARR) even easier to use → https://goo.gle/40sKUYQ Reduce power consumption, eliminate jank, and optimize your app with hasArrSupport() and getSuggestedFrameRate(int).
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Jetpack Compose version 1.9 is stable! → https://goo.gle/4fDk5HY What’s new in the Jetpack Compose August ’25 release: ⭐️ Advanced shadows Modifier.dropShadow() and Modifier.innerShadow() unlock exciting design possibilities and helps you achieve closer alignment with popular design tools. ⭐️ 2D scrolling APIs Scrollable2D allows you to create more complex layouts that move in all directions, proving especially useful for applications like spreadsheets or image viewers with zooming capabilities. ⭐️ List performance improvements There are now significant scroll performance improvements in Lazy List and Lazy Grid with the introduction of new prefetch behavior.
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Android 16 brings new JobScheduler quota optimizations that adjust based on app standby bucket, job start state, and concurrent foreground services → https://goo.gle/4erfHLo Leverage JobScheduler#getPendingJobReasonsHistory API to debug why jobs haven't executed.
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Android Partner Device Labs are now stable and available in the latest stable release of Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop giving you the ability to test your apps on the specific devices your users own → goo.gle/3Jeidt7 Android Partner Device Labs gives you access to a fleet of physical devices from our OEM partners, including: Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, OnePlus, vivo, and more. This means you can test your app on a wide variety of devices and Android versions without leaving Android Studio, or having to purchase every device you want to test.
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Android Studio is now releasing monthly stable versions — a 2X increase in release frequency! → https://goo.gle/45B2kVa This new cadence means you’ll be able to get your hands on the latest features and critical improvements, faster than ever before. Every few months, a version containing the latest IntelliJ platform version will be introduced, followed by Feature Drops each month with important bug fixes and new functionality.
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