Many of the best mobile app experiences are powered by services in the cloud.
One of the things users like most about Android is the flexibility to choose which apps should handle common tasks on their devices — from opening a web page or sending an SMS to playing a music file, taking a picture, or making phone calls.
A key focus of Google Wallet is to simplify commerce for merchants and shoppers; for over a year now, consumers on Google Play have been using Wallet to make their purchases, to the benefit of the entire ecosystem.
Posted by Ellie Powers, Google Play team
This week at I/O, we were excited to announce some updates to Google Play to help you optimize your business on Google Play: to help you take control of your app publishing, gain insight into your users, and expand your app’s success globally.
Some of the most exciting Android announcements at Google I/O this year are part of our latest Google Play services release, version 3.
Today at Google I/O we announced a new IDE that’s built with the needs of Android developers in mind.
The last year has been an exciting one for Android developers, with an incredible amount of momentum.
Posted by Ellie Powers, Google Play team
There are a lot great things a developer can do to promote their app, but the best way for your app to take off is when a really happy user tells their friend about your app, who tells their friend, who tells someone else — you get the picture.
Posted by Reto Meier, Android Developer Relations Tech Lead
Google I/O 2013 is less than a week away, and the full session schedule - featuring 34 Android sessions (and 3 codelabs) - is now available.