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Running Android Things on the AIY Voice Kit

Running Android Things on the AIY Voice Kit

Posted by Ryan Bae, Android Things A major benefit of using Android Things is the ability to prototype connected devices and quickly scale ...
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Why you should localize your app or game for Middle East and North Africa

By Mohammad El-Saadi, Business Development, Google Play The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is a fast growing market for app and ...
SafetyNet attestation, a building block for anti-abuse

SafetyNet attestation, a building block for anti-abuse

Posted by Arindam Basu, Borbala Benko, Alan Butler, Edward Cunningham, William Luh Building innovative security features for Android app dev...
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The Google Play Awards are returning to Google I/O

Posted by Purnima Kochikar, Director, Apps and Games Business Development, Google Play Drum roll please! The Google Play Awards are back ag...
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App onboarding for kids: how Budge Studios creates a more engaging experience for families

Posted by Josh Solt (Partner Developer Manager, Kids Apps at Google Play) and Noemie Dupuy (Founder & Co-CEO at Budge Studios) Developer...
Java 8 Language Features Support Update

Java 8 Language Features Support Update

Posted by  James Lau , Product Manager Yesterday, we released Android Studio 2.4 Preview 6 . Java 8 language features are now supported by t...
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A New Issue Tracker for our AOSP Developers

Posted by Sandie Gong, Developer Relations Program Manager & Chris Iremonger, Android Technical Program Manager Like many other issue tr...
FORTIFY in Android

FORTIFY in Android

Posted by George Burgess, Software Engineer FORTIFY is an important security feature that's been available in Android since mid-2012. Af...
Android O to drop insecure TLS version fallback in HttpsURLConnection

Android O to drop insecure TLS version fallback in HttpsURLConnection

Posted by Tobias Thierer, Software Engineer To improve security, insecure TLS version fallback has been removed from HttpsURLConnection in A...
Changes to Device Identifiers in Android O

Changes to Device Identifiers in Android O

Posted by Giles Hogben, Privacy Engineer Android O introduces some improvements to help provide user control over the use of identifiers. Th...