Now available: Android 7.1 Developer Preview

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering A couple of weeks ago we announced that a developer preview of Android 7.1 Nougat was on the way. ...

Coming soon: Android 7.1 Developer Preview

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Today, we�re taking the wraps off of Android 7.1 Nougat, the latest version of the platform. You pro...

Announcing the winners of the Google Play Indie Games Festival in San Francisco; Indie Games Contest coming soon to Europe

Posted by Jamil Moledina, Google Play, Games Strategic Lead Last Saturday, we hosted the first href="https://events.withgoogle.com/goog...

Extending Web Technology with Android

Developer guest post by Active Theory Paper Planes started as a simple thought - �What if you could throw a paper plane from one screen to ...

Android Studio 2.2

By Jamal Eason , Product Manager, Android Android Studio 2.2 is available to href="https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html?utm_...

Keeping Android safe: Security enhancements in Nougat

Posted by Xiaowen Xin, Android Security Team Over the course of the summer, we previewed a variety of security enhancements in Android 7.0 N...

Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Android 7.0 Nougat Today, Android 7.0 Nougat will begin rolling out to users, starting with Nexus d...

Introducing new app categories -- From Art to Autos to Dating -- to help users better find your apps

Posted by By Sarah Karam, Google Play Apps Business Development With more than 1 billion active users in 190 countries around the world, Goo...

Improvements for smaller app downloads on Google Play

Posted by Anthony Morris, SWE Google Play and Andrew Hayden, software engineer Google Play continues to grow rapidly, as Android users insta...