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New enhancements for merchant initiated transactions with the Google Pay API
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (267+ words) Link to Youtube Video (visible only when JS is disabled) We are excited to announce new enhancements to the Google Pay API that provide more flexibility and control over merchant initiated transactions (MIT). These updates enable developers to create seamless…...
Build Better AI Agents: 5 Developer Tips from the Agent Bake-Off
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (291+ words) Last year, we put some of the sharpest developers in a room, gave them brutal time constraints, and challenged them to build fully autonomous AI agents capable of solving massive, real-world industry problems. That was the premise of the Google…...
Get ready for Google I/O: Livestream schedule revealed
1+ day, 25+ min ago (177+ words) The Google I/O schedule is here! Tune in May 1920 as we unveil Google's biggest updates across AI, Android, Chrome, and Cloud. Discover new tools and features designed to unlock the future of development with agentic coding. We're kicking things…...
Torch TPU: Running Py Torch Natively on TPUs at Google Scale
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (706+ words) The challenges of building for modern AI infrastructure have fundamentally shifted. The modern frontier of machine learning now requires leveraging distributed systems, spanning thousands of accelerators. As models scale to run on clusters of O(100, 000) chips, the software that powers…...
Supporting Google Account username change in your app
1+ week, 6+ day ago (202+ words) Many users have old email addresses that no longer reflect who they are'whether due to a name change, a shift in professional identity, or simply a username that they have outgrown. How this feature affects your users depends on how…...
Bring state-of-the-art agentic skills to the edge with Gemma 4
1+ week, 6+ day ago (434+ words) We are excited to announce that you can experience Gemma 4s expansive capabilities on the edge starting today! Access Android's built-in Gemma 4 model through the new AICore Developer Preview, or leverage Google AI Edge to build agentic, in-app experiences across mobile,…...
Developer's Guide to Building ADK Agents with Skills
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (949+ words) The Skill Toolset achieves this through progressive disclosure. This architectural pattern allows agents to load context precisely when it is needed, rather than cramming thousands of tokens into a monolithic system prompt. In this guide, we will walk through four…...
ADK Go 1. 0 Arrives! - Google Developers Blog
2+ week, 1+ day ago (494+ words) AI agents are transitioning from experimental scripts to production services. For developers, this shift requires systems that are observable, secure, and extensible. Nineteen years after Golang was first created at Google, we are thrilled to continue that legacy of high-performance…...
Announcing ADK for Java 1. 0. 0: Building the Future of AI Agents in Java
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1213+ words) The fields of AI and agents are evolving so fast, and we've always wanted all developers to feel productive for authoring their smart creations. That's why Google has been offering its open source Agent Development Kit framework. What started with…...
Closing the knowledge gap with agent skills
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (511+ words) Large language models (LLMs) have fixed knowledge, being trained at a specific point in time. Software engineering practices are fast paced and change often, where new libraries are launched every day and best practices evolve quickly. This leaves a knowledge…...