Top 5 takeaways for Android App Development companies in India from Google I/O Conference 2021

Google skipped developer conference or I/O last year due to the coronavirus outbreak, and this year the I/O event became heavy with many new updates, interesting surprises, mostly around Android’s new OS version, and proves to be very helpful for Android app development companies in India.

So, we’ll see some of the key takeaways from the Google I/O Conference 2021 that will become a part of a huge revolution in technology. 

#1: Release of Android 12

The first Beta version of Android 12 has been released, which contains more cool features and designs. There are some features regarding privacy and safety like Bluetooth and location permission. The most popular aspect of this version is that it has a new look called Material You. It focuses on delightful experiences for the users, by changing the UI’s colors and other few aspects depending on the time, or weather conditions. There are also other security features like a new camera and microphone use indicators that are set to be released. Also, there are also some “private compute core” features which will use AI processes that will customize replies and notifications. 

#2: Jetpack Compose

Jetpack Compose is Android’s modern UI toolkit in order to make the development process easier with a bunch of accessibility features. There is minimum coding needed for solving the hardest problems. With this, Android App development companies in India can also connect to many devices to test how it would work. The Compose has already been coming in handy for the developers for creating alluring and innovative user experiences in just half a time. Version 1.0 of which, will be released in July.  

#3: Arctic Fox: Android Studio’s next version

The next version of the Android Studio is all set to be released in its beta version, and it’s called the Android Studio Arctic Fox. The Android IDE is now updated with many tools that are set to accelerate UI design, making it compatible with multiple devices and boosting productivity, according to the announcement. 

#4: The new step- Wearables

Collaborating with Samsung, the company has started taking a huge step forward with wearables. Developers will have more reach to the new technology and they’ll be able to use all the existing skills, tools, and APIs tools with new Jetpack APIs for Wear and Jetpack Tiles API for all devices belonging to the Wear ecosystem. Especially there is a new set of APIs for Health and Fitness that will all be used for making apps that are fit for health tracking purposes. 

#5: Android Jetpack

The Android Jetpack is a suite of libraries that the company has released exclusively to reduce boilerplate code and make the coding process more efficient. The company has released some new releases for Jetpack like Jetpack Mac Benchmark (Alpha) for capturing large interactions that affect the app even before the app is released and Kotlin Coroutines API to persist data more efficiently with Jetpack DataStore (Beta). 

Wrapping up

With people depending on apps more than before, the expectations are getting higher, and developers have to be skilled with every new advancement. Though these are not the only surprises revealed at the conference, these are some crucial announcements for Android developers. Let’s hope to get some exciting innovations and advantages soon.