Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this episode of Android News I summarize all changes that affect us Android and Kotlin developers from the past month.

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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - The first beta of Android 16
05:48 - CMP preview in android studio
07:45 - Compose Hot Reload
08:44 - Android studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2
11:13 - NEW composition Locals
13:40 - Outro