Google's IoT Platform "Android Things" is Feature Complete

Google has released the latest preview version of Android Things, DP 8, which stabilized the API surface for the upcoming stable release.

Google Overhauls the Android Support Library into AndroidX

The new Android extension library (AndroidX) is a replacement for the seven-year old Support library, aiming to streamline things and provide a solid foundation for the further evolution of the library.

ARCore 1.2 Lets Users Share AR Worlds

At its recent I/O 2018 conference, Google announced version 1.2 of its augmented reality framework, ARCore, which brings collaborative AR experiences through Cloud Anchors, vertical plane detection, and SceneForms, which makes it possible to create 3D apps without using OpenGL.

ARKit 2 Introduces Shared Experiences

At WWDC 2018, Apple announced version 2 of its augmented reality (AR) framework for iOS, ARKit, supporting shared experiences, persistent tracking, 3D object detection, and a new file format aiming to enable AR objects interoperability across Apple apps.