One problem, of course, is that Android Studio was not built from scratch; it’s based on the long-in-the-tooth IntelliJ IDEA platform, a Java IDE… and, well, you can tell.

This post details all the new features included in Android Studio 4.1 - including the embedded emulator, new design components, and more.

Android Studio is a developer kit that you can use to create and troubleshoot your own Android apps. We'll go over what it is (and what it isn't).

Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025.