Welcome to Wear OS Spotlight Week!
Join us for a week dedicated to building for the wrist. We're covering everything from designing beautiful apps with Material 3 Expressive to creating dynamic watch faces and Tiles. You'll also find new code samples, insightful partner case studies, and a live 'Ask Android' Q&A session to get your questions answered.
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Keeping Android open and safe
We're making installing apps safer for everyone. Starting in 2026 and select countries first, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed on certified Android devices.
Research
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Developer centers
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Social & messaging apps
Use Android's unique capabilities to supercharge your app's social and messaging features.
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Camera & media apps
Learn how to build and extend engaging media experiences to users across Android's multidevice ecosystem.
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Health & fitness apps
Take your health and fitness app to the next level using Health Services with Health Connect.
Platform updates
Keep up to date with what's going on with the Android platform.
Tools updates
The latest on tools that help you build the highest quality Android apps for every Android device.
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Developer guides
Find training classes that describe how to accomplish a specific task with code samples you can re-use in your app.
Sample code
Jump-start your development using these sample projects.
Quality guidelines
Build a high quality app with these design and behavior guidelines.
Distribute your app
Learn how to launch and distribute your apps and games successfully.
Latest news
Keep up to date with what's going on in Android.
Latest videos
Get the latest Android news, best practices, live videos, demonstrations, tutorials.