Newsletter - April 2022

Android / Google Play

• Learn how app developers maximize Play Billing to improve reach, retention, and relationships with users.
  
• Check out what you may have missed from the Android App Excellence Summit.
  
• Stay up-to-date on Play’s efforts to strengthen user security.
  
• Read how Google Photos used notifications to boost Android widget installs 10x.
  
• Get notified when 2022 submissions open to the Indie Games Accelerator and Festival from Google Play.

Firebase / Google Cloud

• Automate workflows for Google Workspace with the new Apps Script connector for AppSheet.
  
• Find inspiration with new Apps Script samples
  
• Explore the latest Google Chat platform features for app and bot building.

ML / AI

• Watch how to build an on-device recommendation model with TensorFlow Lite.
  
• Learn how LinkedIn uses TensorFlow.js to personalize mobile web experiences and gain millions more user interactions.
  
• See new features, improvements, and changes in the TensorFlow 2.9 release candidate.
  
• Read how a developer upskilled to an ML engineer with Google Developers' Machine Learning Bootcamp.
  
• Play the Qubit Game and solve real problems quantum engineers face every day.

ChromeOS

• Learn about new ChromeOS 100 announcements and the best features for developers to date.
  
• Read about the technology behind bringing Steam to ChromeOS and what that means for developers.
  
• See how Codecademy’s Progressive Web App enhanced the Chromebook experience.
  
• Learn how Simplifi by Quicken is giving ChromeOS users a fit-for-Chromebook experience with its Progressive Web App.
  
• Understand how to make Android Runtime on ChromeOS more secure and easier to upgrade with ARCVM.

Google Maps Platform

• Read how Navagis built a real-time COVID-19 vaccine locator for Japanese residents despite consistency and accuracy challenges with location information.
  
• See which Google Maps Platform APIs Domino's Indonesia uses to meet their 30-minute delivery pledge across a vast archipelago.
  
• Register to see new use cases enabled by advanced customization with cloud-based maps styling.
  
• Learn how to use Apple’s Combine framework with Maps and Places SDKs for iOS to build reactive apps.
  
• Get a tour of programming language client libraries, utility libraries, and open source code samples offered in 50+ Google Maps Platform repositories on GitHub.

Open Source and Misc

• Check out contributor stories, projects to kickstart open-source contributions, and upcoming features of Dev Library.
  
• Request early access to Checks, a new privacy platform for mobile app developers.
  
• Grow your coding skills by solving Google-created puzzles with Kick Start on May 22.

Web

• Discover approaches to solving problems and much more in the new Chrome Dev Insider series.
  
• Check out what's new in Chrome 100 and watch how we celebrate what's new in DevTools.
  
• Discover new features in stable and beta web browsers during March 2022.
  
• Take a scroll down memory lane with #100CoolWebMoments.
  
• Learn how switching to an advanced app helped grow MishiPay's business by 10x.

Developer Community / BIPOC Partner Highlights

• Read about Google Developer Student Club lead Patricija Cerkaite’s tech journey and her mission to empower young women entering the industry.
  
• Learn how GDG Pescara prioritizes accessibility through community events and peer-led learning.
  
• See how Android GDE Maryam Alhuthayfi shares her passion for mobile development with newer developers.
• Meet the climate-focused startups using tech to solve complex challenges in the second annual climate accelerator.