Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director of Android Developer Relations
Final week, Android system makers launched a slew of recent units, and as we speak we’re unpacking what meaning for builders, in addition to the most recent in Gemini Nano, Android 15, Jetpack Compose and extra, in one other episode of our quarterly present, #TheAndroidShow:
The lastest wearables and foldables – get constructing!
Android system makers unveiled their newest wearables and foldables final week at Cell World Congress, and we had been on the bottom in Barcelona having a look at these new units and how one can get began constructing on high of them. A number of of our favorites:
- Xiaomi Watch 2,the newest good watch from the Xiaomi staff. This system is powered by Put on OS by Google and offers upgraded digicam, health, and sleep experiences to permit customers to get probably the most from their system.
- PORSCHE DESIGN HONOR Magic V2 RSR, the world’s thinnest inward foldable smartphone. That is the most recent foldable for Android and was designed with the person expertise on the forefront, together with human-centric eye consolation know-how.
Compose is a tremendous option to construct apps to your customers throughout type elements. Compose for Put on OS and the upcoming adaptive layouts for big screens assist devs deliver their apps to life with much less code, highly effective instruments, and intuitive APIs. Take a look at the Put on OS and Giant Display galleries, the place you could find UX inspiration and design steering tailor-made to your sort of app.
Behind the scenes, with Gemini Nano and AICore
With all the pleasure round generative AI, it may very well be formidable to know the place to begin. So in as we speak’s present, we’re taking you behind the scenes with Gemini Nano, Google’s best mannequin constructed for on-device duties, and AICore, Android’s system service for on-device basis fashions. And we’re spotlighting how the staff that builds the Recorder app used Gemini Nano to assist summarize customers’ voice memos on-device and with privateness in thoughts. And right here’s the very best half: the staff constructed the function in a short while with solely a small variety of engineers.
Now in Android
We celebrated the a hundredth episode of Now in Android, masking the most recent developer information, together with:
And that’s a wrap on one other episode of our quarterly present, #TheAndroidShow. However the dialog continues on YouTube, X and LinkedIn: inform us your favourite half, or what you’d like us to dive into subsequent time on our quarterly episode. And earlier than we log out, you possibly can watch the complete playlist, with the most recent in Android developer information, right here.