Google I/O 2026 showcased three major Android ecosystem advancements: the R8 Configuration Analyzer to help developers optimize app performance within Android 17’s new memory limits, unified widget development across phones, watches, and cars via Jetpack Glance and RemoteCompose, and a comprehensive media toolkit combining CameraX, Media3, CodecDB, and enhanced Cast support to streamline the capture-to-playback pipeline.
Discovery
Learnings
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Toolbox
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