Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio's new capability to build native Android apps.

This free, open-source app can silently update apps in the background.

Google LLC’s Android division today announced several artificial intelligence-powered features aimed at Android developers, offering powerful ways to build advanced intelligent apps for mobile and ...

Checking back on Google AI Studio, I found that the ability to create a native Android app was now available. So I made one.