Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio's new capability to build native Android apps.

Google AI Studio can now generate native Android apps from prompts, complete with emulator testing and Play Console integration.

Google AI Studio now builds native Android apps from prompts, complete with Kotlin code, browser emulators, and Play Store testing.

While Google I/O has served as a venue for some of the company’s biggest debuts over the years, the conference has always had its roots in developer news. This post will be steadily updated over the ...

Google's stable Android CLI 1.0 gives AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity direct access to Android Studio's toolchain from the command line.

Google added Android app generation to AI Studio, expanding its Gemini developer tools with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and more ...