Brought to you by Meta. In addition to remaining active in the open source community and conference circuit, this podcast offers another channel that allows us to highlight the technical work of our engineers who will discuss everything from low-level frameworks to end-user features. Throughout the podcast, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy) will interview developers in the company.
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This show gives listeners a quick run-down on things that the Android team has done recently that developers may want to check out. It covers library and platform releases, articles, videos, podcasts, samples, codelabs - whatever seems relevant and interesting for Android developers. Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs Android’s a big platform and there are many things being released all the time; listen to this podcast to stay up to date on what those thing ...
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Discussing how everyday software developers can build great software. We'll interview a broad range of developers as well as other specialists that developers work closely with to make great software. We'll focus on themes of learning, teaching, personal growth, public speaking, leadership, etc.
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Creating 3D assets can be daunting, but does it have to be? Mahima and Rakesh are on a quest to democratize 3D content creation with AssetGen, a foundation model for 3D. They discuss the challenges of training such a model given the scarcity of available data and how large language models have unlocked key solutions. As if that weren't enough, they…
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121 – Android Studio Narwhal 3, Android 16 QPR2 beta, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android 16 QPR2 beta 1, the Android Studio Narwhal feature drop, Jetpack Compose 1.9, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Android 16 QPR2 beta 1:38 - Android Studio Updates 2:42 - Jetpack Compose August ‘25 released to …
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ARCHIVE: What it's like to write code at Meta
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To not leave you without an episode for August, Pascal brings you an episode from the Archive. Back in August 2023 for Episode 55, Pascal spoke with Katherine and returning guest Dustin, two software engineers at Meta about how to ship code at Meta. Why do we have a monorepo? Why and how do we do pre-commit code review? What does our CI infrastruct…
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120 - Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB page size requirements, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers Android Canaries, Agentic AI, 16 KB Page Size requirements, and new subscription tools, Resources: Canary release channel → https://goo.gle/4lMWgjh Agentic AI with Gemini in Android Studio → https://goo.gle/3GUZzpi Prepare your Pl…
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77: How to build a generic neuromotor interface
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Join Pascal as he explores the groundbreaking world of generic neuromotor interfaces with Jesse, Lauren, and Sean. Discover how these technologies enable control of devices with just a flick of the wrist or even a simple intention to move. We'll discuss the role of AI in eliminating the need for personalised training, the differences between non-in…
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119 - Android 16, testing, desktop experiences, AndroidX, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Meghan shares exciting news like the release of Android 16! Discover developer previews for desktop windowing experiences, building adaptive apps, and more! Chapters and resources: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Android 16 is here → https://goo.…
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What happens when decades-old C code, powering billions of daily messages, starts to slow down innovation? In this episode, we talk to Meta engineers Elaine and Buping, who are in the midst of a bold, incremental rewrite of one of our core messaging libraries—in Rust. Neither came into the project as Rust experts, but both saw a chance to improve n…
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118 – What’s new in Android development at Google I/O 2025 (part 2)
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part two of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Jetpack Compose, Camera and Media, accessibility, Kotlin Multiplatform, Android development tools, Google Play, and more. Check out part 1 → …
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Now in Android: 117 – What’s new in Android development at Google I/O 2025 (part 1)
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, Dan Galpin covers part one of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025. From Material Design’s latest evolution, to building with on-device and cloud AI, to updates for wearables, automotive, XR, and more. Stay tuned f…
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75: Open-sourcing Pyrefly - A faster Python type checker written in Rust
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Pyrefly is a faster, open-source Python type checker written in Rust, succeeding Pyre. But what prompted the rewrite and what besides the language choice ended up making it faster? Host Pascal talks to Maggie, Rebecca and returning guest Neil about the unexpected complexities of building an incremental type checker that scales to mono repositories …
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116 - Google I/O, Gemini, and Jetpack Compose 1.8
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the Google I/O 2025 program lineup, the release of Jetpack Compose 1.8, Android 16 Beta 4, new Play Console insights, and updated Android Vitals metrics. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:22 - Google I/O 2025 agend…
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74: Taking the plunge - The engineering journey of building a Subsea Cable
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To ensure that everyone has access to resilient, high-speed and low-latency connections to Meta services, no matter where in the world they are, Meta makes large-scale investments into subsea cable infrastructure. The recently announced Project Water worth will, Once complete, reach five major continents and span over 50,000 km (longer than the Ear…
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115 - Gemini in Android Studio, Enhancing Safety and Security, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover Android 16 beta 3, Gemini in Android Studio for Business and Multimodal, Android XR, Media and Camera updates, and much more. Resources: Samsung's One UI 7 → https://goo.gle/42Ubuvv Quality Tiers → https://goo.gl…
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Join Pascal and Sabrina on the latest Meta Tech Podcast episode as they discuss the evolution and future of GraphQL. From client-side consistency to innovative APIs, learn how GraphQL is making developers' lives easier and enhancing user experiences. Discover surprising insights into the challenges of building a mobile GraphQL platform and how it's…
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114 - Google I/O 2025, Android Studio at 10, Android 16 Betas, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the return of Google I/O, Android Studio Turning 10, the Android 16 Betas, Imagen in Firebase, the latest in AndroidX, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #114 on Medium → https://goo.gle…
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72: Multimodal AI for Ray-Ban Meta glasses
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In this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, host Pascal sits down with Shane, a research scientist at Meta, to explore the cutting-edge research behind Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Shane shares insights from his seven-year journey at Meta, where he focuses on computer vision and multimodal AI within the Wearables AI organization. Tune in to learn how Shane'…
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How do you translate roughly ten million lines of Java code to Kotlin? Clicking in your the IDE gets pretty repetitive after a while and doesn’t work if you have custom APIs and requirements for null safety. Eve and Jocelyn, two software engineers on the Mobile Infra Codebases Team have taken on this challenge and talk host Pascal through the unexp…
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113 - Android 16 Developer Preview 2, Android XR, Android Studio Ladybug, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover updates on the Second Developer Preview of Android 16, Android XR, Spotlight Week on Android Camera and Media, Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #113…
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Introducing a new Android UI Framework like Jetpack Compose into an existing app is easy right? Import some AARs and code away. But what if your app has specific performance goals to meet, has existing design components, integrations with navigation and logging frameworks? That is where Summer and her team come in who handle large-scale migrations …
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112 - Android 16 Developer Preview 1, Passkeys Spotlight Week, and more!
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover the First Developer Preview of Android 16, our Spotlight Week on Passkeys, Stability and Performance Improvements to the Android Emulator and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #112 on Mediu…
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69: To type or not to type — measuring productivity impact with DAT
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Do types actually make you more productive or is it just more typing for you to do on the keyboard? That's just one of the questions we managed to answer at least on a small scale with Diff Authoring Time or DAT, here at Meta. Want to know how we leverage metrics to run experiments on productivity in our internal codebase? Tune in to episode 69. Go…
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111 - Android API level and schedule updates, Gemini in Android Studio, Google Play
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover Android API level and schedule updates, Gemini in Android Studio, Google Play, Spotlight weeks on Adaptive Android Apps and Android AI, and more! For links to these items, check out Now in Android #111 on Medium …
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How do you build your own mixed reality headset from sketch to scale? That's exactly what Alfred Jones, VP of hardware engineering at Meta Reality Labs, discussed with host Pascal. From choosing the right display technology, battery, thermal budget and of course hitting the right price point. How he manages to not fall victim to choice paralysis an…
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110 - Android 15, Credential Manager, Android Studio Koala, Compose for TV, & more
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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. In this episode, we’ll cover key features and improvements in Android 15, the latest Pixel updates, new tools in Android Studio, inspiring developer journeys, and much more. For links to these items, check out Now in Android #110 on Medium W…
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67: Measuring Developer Productivity with Diff Authoring Time
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At Meta, engineers are our biggest asset which is why we have an entire org tasked with making them as productive as possible. But how do you know if your projects for improving developer experience are actually successful? For any other product, you would run an A/B test but that requires metrics and how do you measure developer productivity? Sari…
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