Editor and analysis
Faster indexing on large multimodule repositories, improved Kotlin error highlighting, and new inspections for coroutine misuse and lifecycle edge cases.
Changes
Release notes overview
Android Studio releases bundle IDE fixes, Android Gradle Plugin requirements, emulator images, and platform tooling. Read notes before upgrading mid sprint so you can schedule plugin and JDK alignment work.
Recent themes in Android Studio updates
The bullets below summarize common categories of improvements shipped across recent stable cycles. Exact build numbers change frequently, so pair this overview with your internal upgrade checklist.
Build and sync
Gradle sync progress is clearer when version catalogs or composite builds are involved. Configuration cache compatibility continues to expand across Android plugins.
Compose and UI tooling
Preview reliability, animation tooling, and layout inspector updates track the evolving Compose runtime so UI teams spend less time restarting previews.
Emulator
Foldable templates, camera extensions, and graphics acceleration options reduce the gap between desk testing and hardware labs.
Profiling
Profiler attach workflows and trace visualization iterate toward shorter time to root cause for jank and memory regressions.
For version specific detail, follow your organization’s release engineering process and validate against your Gradle and SDK matrix.
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