Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director of Android Developer Relations
Earlier at the moment, at Cellular World Congress (MWC), an annual convention showcasing the newest in cell, Android and our companions unveiled a spread of latest goodies, together with new wearables, foldables, in addition to a variety of new options for Android customers. Maintain studying beneath to see the way you, as builders, can benefit from these new options and units which are being launched. And in simply over every week, on Thursday March 7 at 10AM PT, we’ll be kicking off one other episode of #TheAndroidShow, our quarterly dwell present on YouTube and on developer.android.com, the place we’ll dive extra into these subjects.
Meet the brand new watch from OnePlus and the way we’re boosting energy with the Put on OS hybrid interface
Wearables are on show throughout MWC this week, and certainly one of our favorites is OnePlus Watch 2, powered with the newest model of Put on OS (Put on OS 4). As a part of our ongoing work to enhance the Put on OS by Google consumer expertise, we’ve made basic modifications to the platform and considerably expanded the capabilities of the Put on OS hybrid interface that enhance two key areas: energy and efficiency. As a developer, you may leverage present Put on OS APIs to get beneath optimizations with none added effort – no code modifications required! You’ll be able to learn extra in regards to the updates right here.
A couple of new options for Android customers
Google launched 9 new options Android customers can benefit from throughout Google apps, you may learn extra about these options right here. For builders, we needed to spotlight a number of methods you may benefit from this information throughout experiences you construct into your apps:
- Extra locations for customers to see their Well being Join information, now within the Fitbit app: With permission out of your customers, Well being Join is a central solution to join and sync their favourite well being and health apps, see all their information in a single place, and keep answerable for their privateness. By establishing Well being Join within the Fitbit cell app for Android, customers could have an outline of their well being and health information from throughout their apps in a single place. You’ll be able to be a part of builders like Peloton, ŌURA, and Lifesum who’re utilizing Well being Join to offer their customers with deeper well being and health insights, get began now!
A brand new episode of #TheAndroidShow, dwell on March 7 at 10AM PT. Ship us your #AskAndroid questions now!
You’ll be able to be a part of us on March 7 at 10AM PT for a brand new episode of #TheAndroidShow. On this quarterly present, we’ll unpack the newest Android foldables and huge screens so that you can get constructing on, plus a behind-the-scenes on Gemini Nano and AICore.
We’ll have a dwell #AskAndroid Q&A with the crew about constructing Android; you may ask us about constructing wonderful apps throughout units, Android 15, Compose, Gemini and extra, utilizing #AskAndroid on X or on YouTube. Our consultants are able to reply your questions dwell!
#TheAndroidShow: March 7 at 10AM PT, broadcast dwell on YouTube and d.android.com/occasions/present!
