Newsletter - July 2021

Android / Google Play

• Get  the Android Game Development Kit, a full range of tools and libraries to help you develop, optimize, and deliver high quality Android games.
• Integrate  the Android Game Development Extension with Visual Studio to enable existing multi-platform Visual Studio game projects.
• Learn  more about using responsive layouts for large screen development.
• See  the Android App Bundle requirement: Starting August 2021, Google Play will require apps to be published with the bundle.
• Read  about the new deadline extension process for the Play Payments Policy.

Firebase / Google Cloud

• Watch  demos and get insights on container security from the July 29 event including speakers like Google Cloud’s Chief Information Security Officer and experts from Google.
• Sign up  August 11 for Virtual API Jam Fundamentals, a workshop to help you start API programs on the Apigee API Management Platform. 
• Register  for Advanced API Jam, a workshop on August 25 to learn composite APIs, real-time API monitoring and alerting, intelligent routing and load balancing.
• Optimize  your app using the Firebase Android SDK and Android App Bundles. 
• Now  available for Firebase Build products: the Cloud Storage for Firebase emulator. 

ML / AI

• Explore  TensorFlow Hub’s pretrained models and see how developers are using them to solve real world problems across many domains.
• Build  an ML-powered pet tracking app that runs on your smartphone powered by TensorFlow.js, Firebase, and Vertex AI.
• See  how the TensorFlow Developer Certificate has helped recipients showcase their skills and differentiate themselves in the job market.
• Check  out the TensorFlow 2.6 release notes for improvements, fixes, and breaking changes.
• Learn  how recommendation systems are frequently used in our daily lives and how you can build your own in TensorFlow.

Google Maps Platform

• Add  Three.js objects to Google Maps Platform JavaScript API projects with ThreeJSOverlayView and utilities available via NPM.
• Modernize  financial services experiences with new implementation guides for mobile account signup and enriched transaction records.
• Welcome  online shoppers to local stores by adding product locator functionality to your e-commerce site with this new implementation guide.
• Help  users orient themselves with iconic landmarks and building footprints in maps using Cloud-based maps styling.
• Learn  to build your first map for the web by taking our newly revamped Maps JavaScript API codelab.

Developer Community / BIPOC Partner Highlights

• Announcing the Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders cohort #startups. The 10-week accelerator program kicks off virtually August 17 through October 21.
• Read  about a Google Developer Group organizer changing lives from inmates to developers.
• Meet  Samuel and his team of developers growing their app to help users track vaccination records and upcoming immunizations.
• See  how students built a web app with the potential to help frontline workers.
• Watch  the recap from Google Developer Groups Turkey hosted AI Summer Camp featuring topics on ML, deep learning, TensorFlow 2.0, and more.

Open Source and Misc

• Visit Dev Library, Google’s new website for open-source content. See  the latest video to meet the contributing developers.
• Understand  the new security changes to Google’s OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint in embedded webviews.
• Announcing  Scorecards V2: Measuring security risks in open source software.
• See  the Assistant Google I/O recap for highlights and product announcements for App Actions, Conversational Actions, and Smart Home Actions.
• Submit  self-nominated products by October 1 for the Annual Material Design Awards.