the most recent from MWC, Gemini Nano, Android 15 and extra!

Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director of Android Developer Relations

Final week, Android system makers launched a slew of recent units, and at this time 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 looking at these new units and how one can get began constructing on prime of them. Just a few of our favorites:

• Xiaomi Watch 2,the newest sensible watch from the Xiaomi workforce. This system is powered by Put on OS by Google and gives upgraded digital camera, health, and sleep experiences to permit customers to get essentially 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 an incredible technique to construct apps to your customers throughout type elements. Compose for Put on OS and the upcoming adaptive layouts for giant screens assist devs carry their apps to life with much less code, highly effective instruments, and intuitive APIs. Try the Put on OS and Massive Display galleries, the place you will discover UX inspiration and design steering tailor-made to your sort of app.

Behind the scenes, with Gemini Nano and AICore

With the entire pleasure round generative AI, it may very well be formidable to know the place to begin. So in at this time’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 workforce 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 workforce constructed the characteristic in a short while with solely a small variety of engineers.

Now in Android

We celebrated the a hundredth episode of Now in Android, protecting 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 off, you’ll be able to watch the complete playlist, with the most recent in Android developer information, right here.