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Two hard numbers now decide whether an Android team can ship: API level 36 on Google Play from 31 August 2026, and Android Gradle plugin 9.1.1 for the August 2026 Compose release. Here is how to hire against them.
From 31 August 2026 every new app and app update on Google Play must target Android 16 (API level 36), and existing apps need API 35 just to stay visible to new users. That deadline is 13 days out. Here is how it
Continue On is Android 17's cross-device handoff feature, and it is off by default on every activity. Here are the four APIs that turn it on, the 50KB extras limit that governs what you can carry, the web fallback path
Most Android quotes in 2026 are priced against a 2023 platform. Android 17 removed the large-screen opt-out, Compose became the only forward path, and Google Play set an August 2027 deadline. Here are the six drivers
