Android Studio Quail 2 is now stable and ready for you to use in production, bringing a shift to your IDE with concurrent agentic workflows, natively integrated memory leak profiling, and context-aware crash remediation.

Back in March, we introduced Android Bench—our LLM leaderboard for real-world Android development tasks. Since then, we have enhanced the benchmark based on your feedback, including evaluating open-weight models and adding cost and efficiency dimensions to the leaderboard.

At Google Play, we are committed to delivering the best possible experience to users, while ensuring developers have the tools and adaptability to succeed.

Last year, we introduced Android developer verification to strengthen ecosystem security and stop malicious actors from hiding behind anonymity to release harmful apps.

From augmented overlays to fully immersive environments, the Android XR ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with the Samsung Galaxy XR already available today.

Every year, Google I/O brings new announcements and resources across ecosystems and products, including Android development. As development shifts toward AI and agent-assisted tooling, we’ve expanded our offerings to better support you, however you decide to build for Android.

At Google I/O ‘26, we showcased how the latest advancements in the Android ecosystem can help you elevate your app's quality while maximizing development efficiency.

At Google I/O 2026, we introduced Android’s shift from an operating system to an intelligence system. We also demonstrated how you can build intelligent experiences natively with the system and bring the power of Google’s AI into your apps.

We are excited to announce that official support for Unreal Engine and Godot has arrived for Android XR. We are also launching new tools designed to boost your productivity and enable new XR capabilities: the Android XR Engine Hub and the Android XR Interaction Framework.

Android Performance Analyzer (APA) is Android’s new profiler and performance analysis tool for the Android mobile ecosystem. APA is intended as a profiling tool for any developer building for Android who needs to make their app or game run better and faster.

This year at Google I/O we are going beyond iterative changes, towards a fundamental shift in how apps are built. Our newest tools are built for the agentic era with features that boost productivity for you as an Android developer AND supercharge the AI agents you deploy in your codebase.

At this year’s Google I/O, we talked about our evolving business model that offers more choice and new ways for your apps and content to be discovered on and off the store. We also unveiled advanced tools and insights that will help scale your business with less complexity.