The **Android Dev Summit**, Google's annual event for developers who create apps for the Android operating system, will be held at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, with a satellite event in London. The summit will feature a keynote speech from senior Android executives, who will discuss new features and updates to the platform. Following the keynote, sessions will cover a range of topics, including artificial intelligence (AI) experiences, Android XR (extended reality), app development fundamentals, tools, and performance optimization. One session, titled “Elevate your apps with the latest graphics features in Jetpack Compose and Android 18,” will focus on how developers can enhance their apps using the latest graphics capabilities of Android 18 and Jetpack Compose, a modern toolkit for building Android apps. The session promises to showcase new visual effects, such as mesh gradients and progressive blurs, and will guide developers on how to use these features while maintaining battery efficiency and smooth performance. This is the first public mention of Android 18, which comes shortly after the stable release of Android 17 on June 16, 2026, for Pixel devices. Google has also changed its approach to testing new Android versions, replacing developer previews with a "Canary" channel that provides test versions throughout the year on Pixel devices. This means there may not be a formal "Developer Preview" of Android 18 that will be shown at the summit. According to 9to5Google, testing for Android 16 began in November 2024, so a preview of Android 18 as early as October would be unusually fast. Much of the summit's program will focus on integrating AI into Android applications. One session will explain how to connect apps to Google's Gemini AI model, Google Search, and the "Android Intelligence System," a framework that allows AI to interact with apps and perform tasks on behalf of users. Another session will explore how to integrate apps into this system, enabling AI agents like Gemini to chain tasks across different applications. This session also introduces the Android Context Engine, a system designed to enable proactive features by understanding user behavior and context. Google is seeking developers to help expand the use of Gemini within their apps. A final session will focus on “audio-first” experiences for smart glasses, using Gemini Nano 4. Gemini Nano is a lightweight version of the Gemini AI model that runs directly on devices, without needing to access Google's servers. This allows for faster, more private AI processing on devices like smart glasses, which are expected to become more prominent in the coming years.