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Enhanced screen sharing capabilities in Android 14 (and Google Meet) improve meeting productivity
Enhanced screen sharing capabilities in Android 14 (and Google Meet) improve meeting productivity

11 March 2024

Posted by Francesco Romano – Developer Relations Engineer on Android App screen sharing improves privacy and productivity Android ...


Upcoming changes to InAppProducts API and subscription catalog management
Upcoming changes to InAppProducts API and subscription catalog management

01 June 2023

Posted by Rejane França, Product Manager and Serge Beauchamp, Software Engineer at Google Play


Price in-app products with confidence by running price experiments in Play Console
Price in-app products with confidence by running price experiments in Play Console

10 May 2023

Posted by Phalene Gowling, Product Manager, Google Play At this year’s Google I/O, our “ Boost your revenue with Play Commerce ” sess...


#WeArePlay | Meet Sam from Chicago. More stories from Peru, Croatia and Estonia.
#WeArePlay | Meet Sam from Chicago. More stories from Peru, Croatia and Estonia.

07 September 2022

Posted by Leticia Lago, Developer Marketing A medical game for doctors, a language game for kids, a scary game for horror lovers and a...


Now in Android - a new, open source, real-world sample app
Now in Android - a new, open source, real-world sample app

12 May 2022

Posted by Paris Hsu , Product & Design, Android and Don Turner , Developer Relations Engineer, Android The Now in Android app ...


New flexible tools to grow your subscription business
New flexible tools to grow your subscription business

11 May 2022

Posted by Steve Hartford, Product Manager, Google Play Digital subscriptions continue to be one of the fastest growing ways fo...


Play Time with Jetpack Compose
Play Time with Jetpack Compose

10 March 2022

Learn about Google Play Store’s strategy for adopting Jetpack Compose, how they overcame specific performance challenges, and improved...


Improving App Performance with Baseline Profiles
Improving App Performance with Baseline Profiles

28 January 2022

Or how to improve startup time by up to 40% Posted by Kateryna Semenova, DevRel Engineer; Rahul Ravikumar, Software Engineer; Chris Crai...


Data Encryption on Android with Jetpack Security
Data Encryption on Android with Jetpack Security

25 February 2020

Posted by Jon Markoff, Staff Developer Advocate, Android Security Have you ever tried to encrypt data in your app? As a developer,...


Improved app quality and discovery on Google Play
Improved app quality and discovery on Google Play

04 June 2019

Posted by Kosuke Suzuki, Product Manager, Google Play Every month, more than 2 billion users from over 190 countries visit the Google ...


A simpler experience for instant apps
A simpler experience for instant apps

09 April 2019

Posted by Miguel Montemayor and Diana García Ríos As of Android Gradle plugin 3.4.0 (included in Android Studio 3.4), we are starting...


 Congrats to the new Android Excellence apps and games on Google Play
Congrats to the new Android Excellence apps and games on Google Play

03 July 2018

Posted by Kacey Fahey, Developer Marketing, Google Play Join us in congratulating the latest apps and games entering the Android Ex...