Dieter Bohn

Working at Google. I think today is Friday?

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

🐤 2606 Android Canary is now available with an exciting new experimental feature: more theming options!

There's now a slider to tweak the hue, & four main color styles for more granular color customization.

HUGE fan of this experimental change, and I hope y'all think so too!

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

Been using this for a few days and it's super fun, some of the suggestions are really impressive! Worth checking out 😃😃

[Google Labs @GoogleLabs]

🚨 NEW EXPERIMENT 🚨

Dreambeans is a new, experimental mobile app that uses Personal Intelligence to connect to your Google apps. Every day, it delivers collections of personalized stories, surfacing things you might otherwise miss, alongside topics that are relevant to you, to help you dive deeper into the things you care about most.

Available starting today for eligible US-based Google AI Ultra users (+18), with an open waitlist found on our website below!

Learn more at https://t.co/jCdAzMHvOD

[Seang Chau @seangchau]

The June Android Drop is here! 🚀 We're constantly evolving the platform to make your daily life safer, more expressive, and genuinely helpful. From scam protection to smoother cross-platform sharing, there's a lot to love in today’s drop:

🛡️ Fake call detection: Alerts that spot suspected scammers impersonating contacts.
🔍 Circle to Search: Find an entire outfit in one go without switching apps.
🤝 Quick Share: Expanding AirDrop compatibility to even more Android devices.

Plus, we're launching a new digital Wardrobe in Google Photos, expanded Personal Safety features for families, AI insights in Play Books, and fresh Emoji Kitchen combos. 🎨

Android 17 is also coming to you soon! There’s never been a better time to be on Android.

Read all about the June Drop here: https://t.co/cJ9kUdjsYP

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

Me: RCS end-to-end encryption is a huge deal!

Everybody: Okay Dieter.

RCS: Here, I also can help protect against fake calls and scammers.

Me: I been sayin!

[Rachel Tobac @RachelTobac]

Ok, so how does fake call detection work?!
1. Attacker impersonates your contact by spoofing their number + voice cloning to steal your money, data, access, etc.
2. Your device knows your real contact’s 'digital handshake' confirmation signal, so when it’s missing, it notices.
3. If it’s missing, your device pings your contact's actual device to double-check their device is placing the call. If their real device says, "I'm not making a call right now," you'll get a warning on your screen about the spoof attack in action.
Fake call detection is on by default and works automatically on Android 12+ devices (so even older phones)
Note: Love that this digital check uses end-to-end encrypted Rich Communication Services (RCS) technology, and is completely private.
You can also turn this feature off if you prefer.

[Rachel Tobac @RachelTobac]

WHOA @Google let me know they saw my tweet below last year & built a tool to defend against this exact call spoofing + AI voice clone attack!
As of today, fake call detection on Android alerts when someone is impersonating your contact.
Demo & thread of how it catches attackers:

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

📣 The June Android Drop 💧 is here with new features!

The latest Android Drop brings Quick Share's cross-platform sharing capabilities to more devices, a new security tool for detecting phone scammers, and much more.

Here's what's new 🧵

[Sameer Samat @ssamat]

Scanning documents from a phone is a pain!

Glad to see the new document scanning experience in Google Drive on Android is rolling out now.

📄 Smart Batch Scanning: Scan multiple pages at once, automatically splits them into separate docs.
🚫 Duplicate Detection: Hovering over a page you already scanned? The system instantly catches it.
📸 Auto-Best Frame: We automatically swap out blurry scans for the highest-quality frame available.
🔒 100% On-Device Processing: Lightning-fast performance, offline availability, and total data privacy.

Rolling out now on Android; Works on devices with 8GB+ of memory.

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

In a totally delightful surprise, I just learned I was featured in a question on @Jeopardy today! 😲😆☺️

Achievement unlocked. ✅

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

The new @GoogleAIStudio update is WILD y’all!

The fact that you can now build, iterate, and deploy Android apps with just a few prompts in a web browser is huge. Anyone can now make their own Android app!

e.g. Gemini made me a fully-functional GIF screen recorder for Android🤯

[Anish Kattukaran @AnishKattukaran]

With our latest Gemini update, your Nest cameras (and select ‘Gemini Built-in’ cameras like the brand new onn Outdoor Camera) can not only understand what they see but can now act as natural-language triggers to orchestrate any other smart home devices in your home. 🏡✨

https://t.co/ypGbeKRIdI

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

One of the coolest demos at I/O was for an upcoming feature in @AndroidStudio that can convert an app made for iOS into a native Android app in just hours.

It's called Migration Assistant, and it lets you generate a fully native Android app from platforms like iOS, React Native, or web frameworks. This frees up time for devs to add Android-specific polishes like custom animations, adaptive layouts, and more.

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

📣 Wear OS 7 is bringing major improvements to your smartwatch, including flexible and dynamic Wear Widgets!

Here's what to expect from the new widget experience in Wear OS 7🧵

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

My new home screen is a Sisko Frisco Disco Fresco

YOU'RE WELCOME I'M SORRY

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

YES... HA HA HA... YES!

[Sameer Samat @ssamat]

Your wish is our command. Disco icons available on Pixel as of today.

... Are y'all sure you still want this ?? 😅

@DurvidImel @RaceJohnson

[Seang Chau @seangchau]

Thanks @9to5Google team for having me and @backlon on the show - that was fun!

[Android Developers @AndroidDev]

Android 17 makes adaptive development the new baseline.

Learn how to leverage Compose adaptive APIs and agentic tools to scale your app from foldables to desktops to XR so you can reach the more than 580 million large screen devices. #GoogleIO

https://t.co/8SPolMbsJ0

[XREAL 👓 @XREAL_Global]

These two guys have aura, and they think you should sign up for the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program!
@chimtx @backlon @android
#androidxr #projectaura

https://t.co/ncDDKkOsdd

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

Here at #GoogleIO, I got a look at Project Aura from @XREAL_Global , running Android XR. I'm really excited for this one and I will definitely come back and tell you more soon. In the meantime, though, here is a quick look!

Also, IO is a dev show! So gotta say that Android apps can run easily on Android XR, and our Catalyst program has tons of resources for devs to try out the latest tech.

Apply for Catalyst here: https://t.co/8rwpbsaW1y

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

That's a wrap! And I barely posted half the stuff we announced today. 😅😅😅

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

Google I/O let's go!

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

With Audio Glasses, we will show photos you take on your Wear OS watch, so you can tell if you got the shot.