Engaging users: How The Guardian used innovative notifications during the US Election

https://goo.gl/XNQnc5

Major events present an opportunity to re-engage users if you can find a relevant and unique way to serve them information. The US election provided The Guardian with just such an opportunity which enabled them to substantially increase engagement. Using new functionality in Android Nougat, the Guardian gave its users a rich, real time update on the results as they happened.


Around the world, from here to there, to the most clever minds, the secret will share. #googledevs #savethedate http://goo.gl/oqro8L 

Learn tips from Peak and SoundCloud on how to grow your app business

Read the post: https://goo.gl/IZ4t5B #AndroidDevelopers #GooglePlaytime

Watch Kevin Shanahan, Product Manager from Peak, explain how they grow sustainably, and Andy Carvell, former Product Manager at SoundCloud, talk about how they tackle retention to improve growth.

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Wallapop improves conversions with store listing experiments on Google Play

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Watch Agus Gomez, Co-Founder & CEO, and Marta Gui, Growth Hacking Manager, at Wallapop - a commerce platform using geolocalization, explain how using store listing experiments has increased their conversion rate by 17%.


Meet the 20 finalists of the Google Play Indie Games Contest Europe

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A big thank you to everyone who entered the contest and huge congratulations to the 20 developers who have made it to the next round! Amongst other prizes, they will showcase and pitch their games at the Saatchi Gallery in London on 16th February 2017. Some additional prizes to help them grow their business are up for grabs in the next round, including YouTube influencer campaigns worth up to 100,000 EUR, premium placements on Google Play, Tickets to Google I/O 2017 and many more. Try out the games and if you’re in London, come and support the developers at the final. g.co/play/indiecontestfinal

EATING TIME is a bluetooth beacon that disables connected devices to maximize family time! https://goo.gl/sX52A6

ANDROID 3D MOUSE - turn your device into a wireless virtual 3d mouse for Blender 3D. https://goo.gl/lpokS3

Final Android Wear Developer Preview adds iOS Support and More!
Today we are launching the fifth and final developer preview for Android Wear 2.0. We have added iOS support as well as enhancements to Wearable Navigation Drawer, NFC HCE support and fixed a number of bugs. Apps compiled with API level 25 and this support library are considered to be ready for deployment in the Google Play Store, so be sure to publish your apps before Android Wear 2.0 launches in early February

Thank you for the fantastic level of feedback during this preview program. The Android Wear team can’t wait to see your Android Wear 2.0 apps!

https://goo.gl/OsqWXx

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Read about the updated APK patch size estimator tool and how it lets you track the size of your updates between releases, in this article by +Wojtek Kaliciński https://goo.gl/W8GZtl

MARCLAY is an Android TV app that brings stunning video landscapes & notifications to your tv!

Episode 61 of Android Developers Backstage is now available. In this episode +Chet Haase talks with Rom Lemarchand from the Android Systems team about A/B updates.

http://androidbackstage.blogspot.com/2017/01/episode-61-kernel-panic.html

WPS Office Software creates innovative experiences for users on Google Play

Learn how the WPS Office Software app, by Chinese software developer Kingsoft Office Software, has grown in international markets and optimized it’s app to create a better experience for users, with features such as translation services, store listing experiments, and more, on Google Play.

https://goo.gl/66b7G7