diving into the latest from Made by Google, including wearables, Foldable, Gemini and more!

Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director – Android Developer Relations

We just dropped our summer episode of #TheAndroidShow, on YouTube and on developer.android.com, where we unpacked all of the goodies coming out of this month’s Made by Google event and what you as Android developers need to know. With two new Wear OS 5 watches, we show you how to get building for the wrist. And with the latest foldable from Google, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, we show how you can leverage out of the box APIs and multi-window experiences to make your apps adaptive for this new form factor.

Building for Pixel 9 Pro Fold with Adaptive UIs

With foldables like the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, users have options for how to engage and multitask based on the display they are using and the folded state of their device. Building apps that adapt based on screen size and device postures allows you to scale your UI for mobile, foldables, tablets and beyond. You can read more about how to get started building for devices like the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, or learn more about building for large screens.

Preparing for Pixel Watch 3: Wear OS 5 and Larger Displays

With Pixel Watch 3 ringing in the stable release of Wear OS 5, there’s never been a better time to prepare your app for the behavior changes from Wear OS 5 and larger screen sizes from Pixel. We covered how to get started building for wearables like Pixel Watch 3, and you can learn more about building for Wear OS 3.

Gemini Nano, with multi-modality

We also took you behind the scenes with Gemini Nano with multimodality, Google’s latest model for on-device AI. Gemini Nano, the smallest version of the Gemini model family, can be executed on-device on capable Android devices including the latest Pixel 9. We caught up with the team to hear more about how the Pixel Recorder team used Gemini Nano to summarize users’ transcripts of audio recordings, with data remaining on-device.

And some voices from Android devs like you!

Across the show, we heard from some amazing developers building excellent apps, across devices. Like Rex Jin and Bismark Ito, Android Developers at Meta: they told us how the team at Instagram was able to add Ultra HDR in less than three months, dramatically improving the user experience. Later, SAP told us how within 5 minutes, they integrated NavigationSuiteScaffold, swiftly adapting their navigation UI to different window sizes. And AllTrails told us they are seeing 60% higher monthly retention from Wear OS users… pretty impressive!

Have an idea for our next episode of #TheAndroidShow? It’s your conversation with the broader community, and #TheAndroidShow is your conversation with the Android developer community, this time hosted by Huyen Tue Dao and John Zoeller. You’ll hear the latest from the developers and engineers who build Android. You can watch the full show on YouTube Comment start and on developer.android.com/events/show!