Newsletter - October 2021

Android / Google Play

• See  the latest Google Play announcements from #AndroidDevSummit and learn more about our investments in trust and safety, app quality, and monetization.
• Compose for Wear OS  is in Developer Preview. Try it out and share your feedback.
• Get  a seamless mobile experience on ChromeOS to learn about the latest improvements for Android mobile apps on Chromebooks.
• Learn  about the important changes we’ve made to our business model, now 99% of developers qualify for a service fee of 15% or less.
• Join  the Google Play Policy Updates:   Kids and Families Special   webinar on November 17 at 10 am PT. Get answers in a live Q&A from experts to hear about the latest policy updates and upcoming compliance requirements.
• Now  available: the full Android Basics in Kotlin course.

Firebase / Google Cloud

• Watch   What’s new with Google Workspace , an interactive demo from Google Cloud Next ‘21.
• Automate  form creation with the new Google Forms API, now in beta.
• Check out  on demand the first-ever MongoDB and Google Cloud Virtual Developer Summit on October 28.
• Register November 3 for the Virtual API Jam Fundamentals workshop to start learning how to use API programs on the Apigee API Management Platform.
• Sign up  for no-cost access to all Google Cloud training through Google Cloud Skills Boost and Coursera. The entire catalog will be available at no charge until November 5.
• Join  a hands-on workshop and learn how to secure APIs successfully at the Virtual API Jam on API Security event on November 17.

ML / AI

• Explore  performance and usability improvements in the upcoming TF 2.7 release.
• Learn  how to use TensorFlow Lite for optical character recognition on Android devices using text detection and text recognition models.
• Build  and train models 5x faster with Vertex AI Workbench, a single interface for the entire data to ML workflow.
• Read  about the DermAssist web app and how it uses TensorFlow.js for on-device image quality checks.
• Check out  the five winners of the TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers Challenge.

Google Maps Platform

• See  advanced data visualization and rich animations made possible by the new release of deck.gl version 8.6 in collaboration with Maps JavaScript API and Google Cloud.
• Learn  how to build responsive and reactive mapping applications for Android in a new video series.
• Load  the Google Maps Platform JavaScript API dynamically and only when needed with this new npm package updated with ES6, Promises, and TypeScript.
• Support  horizons for mobile OS versions are getting more predictable in Google Maps Platform mobile SDKs. Learn how you can plan ahead as we freeze support for iOS 12 and Android API Levels 23, 24, and 25 in 2022.
• Beta  versions of the Maps SDKs for Android and iOS are now deprecated and a future version will support these features. On Android, use the Migration Tool  to switch to a supported version of the SDK.

Open Source and Misc

• Register  for BazelCon on November 17-18, to hear talks, collaborate with peers, and join a live Q&A with the Bazel team.
• Take  the 2021 Angular Developer survey to share your feedback with the team.
• Watch  what you missed from the Elevate with Google Developers session to hear about applied skills topics on storytelling, virtual presentation skills, and body language. Register for upcoming monthly sessions through December.
• Submit  your latest projects or articles on the Dev Library platform, built for anyone who has written or developed something using Google Technologies.
• Learn  about the latest Google OAuth incremental authorization improvements with a single tap.

Developer Community / BIPOC Partner Highlights

• Sign up  for Founder Fridays on November 5, featuring Google experts and venture-backed startups across industries on overcoming growth challenges with Google Cloud.
• Register  for DevFest North America, November 19-20, a 2-day event featuring keynote speakers, technical content on Cloud, AI/ML, Web, Android, and more.
• Join  DevFest 2021, from now through the end of the year, uplevel your skill sets with community-led learning on Google technologies.
• Learn  from Toronto-based Developer Student Club Lead, Chloe Q, and how she focuses on diversity and inclusion in planning and programming for GDSC University of Toronto.
• Watch  on demand #ICYM the Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders Demo Day. #AcceleratedWithGoogle