Newsletter - October 2022

Android / Google Play

• Users can now find and install apps or games for other devices directly from their phone.
  
• Explore new delivery insights in Play Console to better understand performance and take further actions to optimize the experience for users.
  
• See how JioSaavn improved app startup time by 30% and increased daily active users by using the Firebase SDK and Google Play Vitals.
  
• Watch 30 ways to deep link into an app.
• Sign up for the chance to participate in upcoming Android Developer user research to influence tools, APIs, and guidance for millions of people around the world.
  

ChromeOS

• Create powerful enterprise solutions with curated developer guidance for ChromeOS.
  
• Explore updates to ChromeOS’ authentication method to defend against new types of attacks.

Firebase / Google Cloud

• Catch up on Firebase Summit to learn how it works better with the open source ecosystem to accelerate development and run apps with confidence.
  
• Learn how developers can leverage the most open and extensible platform for hybrid work.
  
• Watch how Google Cloud can supercharge Google Workspace.
  
• Create modern, best-in-class applications using Google Workspace.
  
• Watch Top 10 Cloud Technology Predictions , presented at Google Cloud Next ‘22.
  
• Access training, Google Cloud credits, a certification voucher, and additional developer benefits with the new annual paid subscription to Google Cloud Skills Boost with Innovators Plus.

Flutter

• Read how Reflection.app went from a web-only experience to Apple's Foundations Accelerator program with Flutter.
  
• Learn the different ways you can achieve value equality in Dart using const constructors, hash codes, and more.
  
• Download the latest version of the Google Pay and Flutter plugin to use the API.

Google Maps Platform

• Understand the difference between Experimental, Preview, and Generally Available services from Google Maps Platform.
  
• Preview Routes API, a new performance-optimized version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs for more informative and flexible routes for users and improved ETA accuracy.
  
• Explore how Advance Markers support a customized experience and faster performance – available in Preview for Maps JavaScript API.
  
• Learn how to show data-driven styling on your map in less than 30 minutes.
  
• Explore new Reserve with Google integrations: deploy your locator on Google-managed servers, and get engagement analytics on your Locator Plus implementation.

ML / AI

• Check out CircularNet, a new set of ML models for waste management applications.
  
• Read how Reduce and Mean operators have been optimized in TensorFlow Lite 2.10.
  
• Build client-side content moderation using a TensorFlow.js model and Firebase.
  
• Learn how ML is used to analyze ad content and identify key performance drivers in Google Ads.
  
• Watch a live demo of UpscalerJS, an open source library that takes images and runs them through a neural network to increase image resolution up to 4x.

Web

• Dive into a collection of new patterns for web apps.
  
• Learn the essentials for building accessible websites and web apps in this new course.
  
• Read how Chrome is scaling performance with the framework ecosystem.
  
• Check out how the new CSS feature container query polyfill works.
  
• Find out what's new in Chrome 106.

Developer Community / BIPOC Partner Highlights

• Hear how to build for everyone with Google Play and Android at Founder Fridays on November 4.
  
• Submit your high quality open source projects to the Google Dev Library.
  
• Try the DevFest crossword puzzle to win prizes and show knowledge about Google technology
  
• See how the 2022 GFSA: Women Founders cohort uses Google technology to solve a range of challenges during Demo Day on December 1.
  
• Register for the GFSA: Black Founders Demo Day to see the latest cohort’s solutions on November 17.