Dive into new developer case studies, level up your Play Games, and secure your account.
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| How WHOOP decreased excessive partial wake lock sessions by over 90% |
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| Learn how WHOOP used Android vitals to identify and eliminate battery-draining partial wake locks. By optimizing their WorkManager and CoroutineWorker implementation, they slashed excessive sessions to under 1% while improving app discoverability and performance. |
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| Android developer verification: Rolling out to all developers on Android Developer Console |
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| Android's new developer verification is an extra layer of security that deters bad actors and makes it harder for them to repeatedly spread harm. In March, we started rolling out the verification tools to all developers in both the new Android Developer Console and Play Console. |
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| This allows you to complete your verification and register your apps before user-facing changes begin later this year. For the vast majority of users, the experience of installing apps will stay exactly the same. |
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| How Meta Achieved Instant Video Playback with Media3 |
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| Discover how Instagram and Facebook integrated Jetpack Media3’s PreloadManager to eliminate playback latency. By moving beyond disk caching to intelligent, memory-level preloading tailored to specific UI patterns, Meta successfully boosted user engagement and watch time across a diverse global device ecosystem. |
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| Watch the Android fireside chat on Gemini in Android Studio |
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| We hosted our first Android fireside talk on Discord talking about Gemini in Android Studio, with a panel of Google experts and also special guest Google Developer Experts: Ale Stamato, an Android Engineer at HubSpot, and Joe Birch, Staff Engineer at Buffer. |
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| This fireside chat explores Gemini in Android Studio’s unique integration, its ability to build entire apps from scratch, and strategies for managing AI-generated code, and much more. You can also read some of the top insights from the speakers here. |
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| Level up your game: Test Sidekick and hit new milestones |
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| Explore the latest updates to the Google Play Games Level Up program. We’ve introduced new tools to optimize your game’s reach, added Sidekick testing, and provided a roadmap checklist to help you secure your Level Up benefits. |
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