Newsletter - November 2021

Android / Google Play

• Announcing  Kotlin support for protocol buffers, Google’s platform-neutral, high-performance data interchange format.
• Introducing  Frame Profiling in AGI - Android Game Dev Show, a new tool within the Android GPU Inspector.
• Get  answers to your top questions about Android Game Development Kit.
• Read  about best practices for launching a sequel to your mobile game.
• Learn  how 2K studio Cat Daddy Games delivers higher quality graphics with Play Asset Delivery.
• Use  these three tips to improve your App Excellence. 
• Watch  how a commitment to App Excellence helped Duolingo improve developer velocity by revamping their Android app.
• Learn  how the Headspace team grew global monthly active users by 15% by refactoring their Android app with MVVM, Kotlin, Dagger, and Hilt.
  

Firebase / Google Cloud

• Now  available in the Firebase console: Google Analytics 4 features.
  
• Learn  new ways to build and integrate applications in Google Workspace.
  
• Extend  Google Apps Script with your API library to empower users.
  
• Watch   Platform State of the Union: Google Workspace , a session from Google Cloud Next ‘21.
  
• Sign up  up December 1 for the Virtual API Jam Fundamentals workshop to learn how to use API programs on the Apigee API Management Platform.
  
• Register  December 15, the Advanced Virtual API Jam workshop, for a deeper dive into global policy management, API composition, intelligent API routing, and real-time monitoring.

ML / AI

• See  the latest updates with TensorFlow release 2.7.
  
• Understand  the newest upgrades from qsim, Google Quantum AI's Open Source Quantum Simulator.
  
• Help  protect the Great Barrier Reef with TensorFlow on Kaggle.
  
• Watch  what’s new with the ML ecosystem and the latest content from ML Community Day.
  
• Learn  how to deploy models on multiple devices (including mobile & IoT) with TensorFlow Lite.
  
• Read  inspiring stories from the recent Women in ML symposium event.

Google Maps Platform

• Chat  with fellow developers in the Google Maps Platform Discord server and explore  more ways to connect on the new developer communities page.
  
• Meet  the next generation of mobile-optimized maps for your Android and iOS apps featuring a new renderer in the Maps SDK for Android and consistent cross-platform maps with Cloud-based maps styling.
  
• Use  the new and improved marker clustering library in Maps JavaScript API.
  
• Preview  new Combine extensions for Maps and Places SDKs for iOS. This library enables reactive programming using Apple’s reactive Combine framework.

Open Source and Misc

• Explore  the redesigned Flutter website. Learn more about Flutter's multi-platform support and developer tools, and see how developers around the world are building with Flutter.
  
• Read  about Passes, a new section to Google Pay’s Business Console to manage resources from one place.
  
• Use  Centimani to upload massive lists of products to the Merchant Center.
  
• Catch up  on this year's BazelCon annual event, explore two days of talks, announcements, and more.
  
• Search  for open source projects, learn from other developers, and submit your latest projects with Google Dev Library.

Web

• Angular v13  is here, read about all the enhancements included directly in `ng update`.
  
• Try  out a new Lighthouse API to measure performance and best practices throughout a user flow.
  
• Watch  the full keynote for the latest updates from this year’s Chrome Dev Summit. Check out the learning resources  to stay on top of all things Web.
  
• Read  about Adobe’s public beta of Photoshop now on the web.
  
• Discover  new courses on web.dev  including responsive design, forms, PWAs, and more. 

Developer Community / BIPOC Partner Highlights

• Join  December 3 to look back on Founder Fridays in 2021 to highlight a year of founder growth. Topics include international expansions, improving data insights with Google Cloud, and more.
  
• Register  for Web at DevFest , a Global Meetup for Web Developers on December 8 at 10am EST.
  
• Sign up  for #DevFestInspire on December 9 at 5pm CET to celebrate the end of the 2021 #DevFest season.
  
• Learn  how Google Developer Student Club Lead and neurodiversity activist João promoted awareness and acceptance in his home country of Brazil.
  
• Read  the latest from Google Developer Groups in Spain and how they are bringing AI/ML into sharp focus through events, content, and the community.