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Android Studio gets a built-in coding bot
Android Studio, like so much of Google’s product portfolio, is getting its infusion of AI today at the company’s annual I/O developer conference. Android Studio Hedgehog, the upcoming vers
Google updates its Firebase back-end-as-a-service to make app development faster
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a number of updates to Firebase, Google’s popular back-end-as-a-service platform. The focus here is mostly on deeper integrations with the
Google’s Android Studio IDE gets live edits to speed up development cycles
It’s Google I/O today and as is tradition, the company is using the event to introduce the latest releases of its Android Studio development environment. Launching today are a new beta of Androi
This Week in Apps: Instagram’s parental controls, Tile’s anti-stalking update, iOS 15.4 arrives
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a
The first developer preview of Android 13 has arrived
Right on schedule, Google today announced the first developer release of Android 13. These very early releases, which are only meant for developers and aren’t available through over-the-air upda
Google announces Android 12L, a feature drop for large-screen devices
Google today announced a preview of Android 12L, which may sound like a new version of Android, but Google calls it “a special feature drop that makes Android 12 even better on large screens.
Google launches the first beta of Android Studio Arctic Fox
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the first beta of the next version of its Android Studio IDE, Arctic Fox. For the most part, the idea here is to bring more of the tooling aroun
This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, 2020’s biggest downloads, the App Store’s newest hire
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a recor
This Week in Apps: Apple’s big event, lidar comes to iPhone, Android gets a new IDE
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, wi
Google updates Android Studio with better TensorFlow Lite support and a new database inspector
Google launched version 4.1 of Android Studio, its IDE for developing Android apps, into its stable channel today. As usual for Android Studio, the minor uptick in version numbers doesn’t quite
Google launches the final beta of Android 11
With the launch of Android 11 getting closer, Google today launched the third and final beta of its mobile operating system ahead of its general availability. Google had previously delayed the beta pr
Google updates its Android developer tools
Last week, Google postponed its Android 11 event, because, as the company rightly noted, “now is not the time to celebrate.” Today, however, it went ahead and launched both the first beta
Google’s latest Android Studio release focuses on speed and stability
At last year’s I/O developer conference, Google announced Project Marble, an effort to bring more speed and stability to the company’s Android Studio IDE. That was in marked contrast to previous u
Google improves Android App Bundles and makes building Instant Apps easier
Google is launching a number of new features for Android app developers today that will make it easier for them to build smaller apps that download faster and to release instant apps that allow potent
Google announces the first preview of Android Studio 3.0, puts emphasis on speed and smarts
The vast majority of Android developers use Google's own Android Studio integrated development environment (IDE). Google offered a first look at what Android Studio 3.0 will look like. Most of these u
Why is Android Studio still such a gruesome embarrassment?
About twice a year, I get involved in a project that requires me to do some Android development; so, about twice a year, I re-launch Google's so-called integrated development environment, Android Stud
Google releases an updated, faster version of Android Studio
Google is updating its Android Studio developer environment with a whole slew of upgrades under the hood that’ll make it faster. The company unveiled the new tool at its Google I/O developer con
Google Launches Android Studio And New Features For Developer Console, Including Beta Releases And Staged Rollout
Today, during Google’s I/O developer conference, the company announced a group of tools for app developers, including a new developer suite called Android Studio. It’s an IDE based on Inte