Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android 16 QPR2 beta 1, the Android Studio Narwhal feature drop, Jetpack Compose 1.9, and more!

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Android 16 QPR2 beta
1:38 - Android Studio Updates
2:42 - Jetpack Compose August ‘25 released to stable
3:27 - Media3 1.8 Released
4:18 - Recently published Articles
4:55 - Recent published videos
5:26 - Android Developers Backstage
5:50 - AndroidX
6:45 - Recap

Resources:
📚 Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 is here → https://goo.gle/47qDGck
📚 What’s new in the Jetpack Compose August ’25 release → https://goo.gle/4lTt60T
📚 Media3 1.8.0 - What’s new? → https://goo.gle/427ftEb
📚 Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop is stable - start using Agent Mode → https://goo.gle/464WITg
Advanced shared elements with shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/3I72rzT
Consume a Runtime-Enabled SDK → https://goo.gle/3JIdr7o
WearOS Material 3 shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/42eZ6FJ
Autofill in Compose → https://goo.gle/464SA5N

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB Page Size requirements, and new subscription tools,

Resources:
Canary release channel → https://goo.gle/4lMWgjh
Agentic AI with Gemini in Android Studio → https://goo.gle/3GUZzpi
Prepare your Play app for devices with 16 KB page sizes → https://goo.gle/4f7FI2A
Google Play PolicyBytes - July 2025 policy updates → https://goo.gle/45k3AMi
#WeArePlay → https://youtu.be/gsFbhR0bDrM
Google Play Google I/O 2025 → https://goo.gle/4l8QNCa
Android Developer Productivity at Google I/O ‘25 → https://goo.gle/4lQ3R09
AI on Android at Google I/O ‘25 → https://goo.gle/4mnAX7N
Building excellent and adaptive apps at Google I/O ‘25 → https://goo.gle/3UBA8fz
Live updates & widgets → https://goo.gle/3ILBIJl
Build a runtime enabled sdk → https://goo.gle/3IRiXUK
Delightful Compose Tips → https://goo.gle/3HajT68
Compose preview →https://goo.gle/45rKS6u

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Meghan shares exciting news like the release of Android 16! Discover developer previews for desktop windowing experiences, building adaptive apps, and more!

Chapters and resources:

0:00 - Introduction

0:24 - Android 16 is here → https://goo.gle/45JjAcx

1:27 - Desktop windowing on connected devices → https://goo.gle/4niBGZ4

2:01 - Building excellent, adaptive apps → https://goo.gle/4ej8UTT

2:43 - Testing → https://goo.gle/3HQ6Hn5

3:25 - AndroidX releases → https://goo.gle/409hfEb

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part two of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Jetpack Compose, Camera and Media, accessibility, Kotlin Multiplatform, Android development tools, Google Play, and more.

Check out part 1 → https://goo.gle/4n7nty5

Resources:

What's New in Jetpack Compose → https://goo.gle/45aiKVQ

Seamless video capture, editing and playback with CameraX and Media3 → https://goo.gle/4mKGshE

Building delightful Android camera and media experiences → https://goo.gle/3Hw0Eni

What’s new in Android development tools → https://goo.gle/3SIsBuE

I/O 2025: What's new in Google Play → https://goo.gle/3HwERvQ

Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too → https://goo.gle/43zeX3a

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part one of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Material Design’s latest evolution, to building with on-device and cloud AI, to updates for wearables, automotive, XR, and more.

Stay tuned for part 2, where Dan covers Android Jetpack, Jetpack Compose, and Android Studio.

Resources:

Google I/O '25 Developer Keynote → https://goo.gle/4keiQ3b

16 things to know for Android developers at Google I/O 2025 → https://goo.gle/43Sx5Fe

Start building with Material 3 Expressive → https://goo.gle/4dCUvlj

What’s new in Wear OS 6 → https://goo.gle/3FvI6TF

New in-car app experiences → https://goo.gle/3Zzh0li

Engage users on Google TV with excellent TV apps → https://goo.gle/4mR5M5Q

Build adaptive Android apps that shine across form factors → https://goo.gle/4jqMOQA

On-device GenAI APIs as part of ML Kit help you easily build with Gemini Nano →

https://goo.gle/4dAUXQV

Updates to the Android XR SDK: Introducing Developer Preview 2 → https://goo.gle/4dz28ck

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the Google I/O 2025 program lineup, the release of Jetpack Compose 1.8, Android 16 Beta 4, new Play Console insights, and updated Android Vitals metrics.

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

0:22 - Google I/O 2025 agenda is live → https://goo.gle/3GBntFH

1:02 - Jetpack Compose 1.8 → https://goo.gle/44T96Xp

1:37 - Android 16 Beta 4 → https://goo.gle/42DhBo5

2:31 - New Play Console insights → https://goo.gle/3EOceZZ

3:11 - Android Vitals metrics → https://goo.gle/44OMfMA

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover Android 16 beta 3, Gemini in Android Studio for Business and Multimodal, Android XR, Media and Camera updates, and much more.

Resources:
Samsung's One UI 7 → https://goo.gle/42Ubuvv
Quality Tiers → https://goo.gle/4cJDaqs
Canonical Layouts → https://goo.gle/3S0ElIo
Figma Widget Design Kit → http://goo.gle/4gfFs0w
Jetpack Glance → https://goo.gle/42IgJxd
Coding Widgets layout video → https://goo.gle/3RYXhXV
Codelab → https://goo.gle/3Y70E2M

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the return of Google I/O, Android Studio Turning 10, the Android 16 Betas, Imagen in Firebase, the latest in AndroidX, and more!

For links to these items, check out Now in Android #114 on Medium → https://goo.gle/4hA69xv
Catch the latest episode of #TheAndroidShow here → https://goo.gle/tas-mar25

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