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SoundCloud uses Jetpack Glance to build Liked Tracks widget in just 2 weeks
SoundCloud uses Jetpack Glance to build Liked Tracks widget in just 2 weeks

04 March 2025

Posted by Summers Pittman – Developer Relations Engineer To make it even easier for users to listen on Android, developers at Soun...


How Instagram enabled users to take stunning Low Light Photos
How Instagram enabled users to take stunning Low Light Photos

17 December 2024

Posted by Donovan McMurray – Developer Relations Engineer Instagram, the popular photo and video sharing social networking service,...


Reddit improved app startup speed by over 50% using Baseline Profiles and R8
Reddit improved app startup speed by over 50% using Baseline Profiles and R8

12 December 2024

Posted by Ben Weiss – Developer Relations Engineer, and Lauren Darcey – Senior Engineering Manager, Reddit Reddit is one of the wor...


X improved login success rate by 2x after adopting passkeys
X improved login success rate by 2x after adopting passkeys

21 November 2024

Posted by Niharika Arora – Developer Relations Engineer From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, X is a social m...


FlipaClip optimizes for large screens and sees a 54% increase in tablet users
FlipaClip optimizes for large screens and sees a 54% increase in tablet users

31 October 2024

Posted by Miguel Montemayor – Developer Relations Engineer FlipaClip is an app for creating dynamic and engaging 2D animations. Its...


AllTrails gains over 1 million downloads after implementing its Wear OS app
AllTrails gains over 1 million downloads after implementing its Wear OS app

25 September 2024

Posted by Kseniia Shumelchyk – Developer Relations Engineer With more than 65 million global users, AllTrails is one of the world’s ...


SAP integrated NavigationSuiteScaffold in just 5 minutes to create adaptive navigation UI
SAP integrated NavigationSuiteScaffold in just 5 minutes to create adaptive navigation UI

09 September 2024

Posted by Alex Vanyo – Developer Relations Engineer SAP Mobile Start is an app that centralizes access to SAP's mobile busines...


TalkBack uses Gemini Nano to increase image accessibility for users with low vision
TalkBack uses Gemini Nano to increase image accessibility for users with low vision

03 September 2024

Posted by Terence Zhang – Developer Relations Engineer and Lisie Lillianfeld - Product Manager TalkBack is Android’s screen reader i...


Instagram’s early adoption of Ultra HDR transforms user experience in only 3 months
Instagram’s early adoption of Ultra HDR transforms user experience in only 3 months

27 August 2024

Posted by Mayuri Khinvasara Khabya – Developer Relations Engineer, Google; in partnership with Bismark Ito - Android Developer, Rex Jin -...