Android Developers Backstage

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Welcome to Android Developers Backstage, a podcast by and for Android developers. Hosted by developers from the Android platform team, this show covers topics of interest to Android programmers, with in-depth discussions and interviews with engineers on the Android team at Google.

What’s so great about R8?

Feb 18, 2026

Join hosts Tor and Romain as they sit down with Søren Gjesse, Chris Craik, and Shai Barack.

This week, the team dives into R8, the whole-program optimizer that handles the "last mile" of your code before it runs on a device. Learn why implementing R8 is effectively like giving your users a "free hardware upgrade" by...

XR: Virtually here

Jan 14, 2026

Join hosts Tor, Chet, and Romain as they sit down with Diego Perez (Android Studio) and Patrick Fuentes (Developer Relations) to explore the new frontiers of Android XR.

This episode of Android Developers Backstage breaks down the latest announcements and Developer Preview 3, offering a technical look at how developers...