Newsletter - October 2017

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Android

• The 2017 Google Play Indie Games Contest in Europe is now open for submissions. Enter for the chance to win prizes and help your game get noticed.
  
• Congratulations to the new Android Excellence apps and games for Fall 2017.
  
• Follow Google Play Apps & Games on LinkedIn for tips, trends, and industry thoughts on how to grow a successful business on Android and Play.
• Sign up to join the Android Wear Beta Program .

Firebase

• Store, sync and query your app data - at global scale - using the new Cloud Firestore database .

Web

• Recap the best moments from the Chrome Dev Summit which took place earlier this month in San Francisco.
  
• Check out new AMP page templates for e-commerce and content publishing on the redesigned AMPstart.com .  
• V8, the JavaScript engine used in Google Chrome and Node.js, now has its own Twitter account. Follow @v8js  for the latest updates from the world of JavaScript engines!  

Misc

• The new Google Assistant templates let you build an app by simply filling out a spreadsheet (that’s right: no code or server configurations required ), and apps are now available to Google Assistant users in French , German , Japanese , and Korean , in addition to English. To further support your efforts in building great apps for the Google Assistant, we’ve also created a developer community program that offers a $200 monthly Google Cloud credit and more.
  
• If you’re based in the US, apply by November 30 to the Udacity Scholarship Challenge which includes project reviews, mentorship, community support, and the chance to qualify for a full Nanodegree scholarship in Android or Web development.
  
• API.AI is now called  Dialogflow ! Learn about the new name, and two new features to help you build your conversational experiences : in-line code editor to write fulfillment logic directly in the console, and multi-lingual agent support to add additional languages to your agents.
  
• We introduced our second generation family of consumer hardware products , all Made by Google , and all of which support the Google Assistant.
  
• We’ve added another Daydream-ready phone to our family - Welcome LG V30!
  
• Check out the latest hand-picked #ARCore creations from the developer community and share your own.
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