Android has been leveraging the more efficient Vulcan API for many years. With Android 16’s new changes, Google is doubling down, requiring devices to support the new Host Image Copy feature.

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.

The new feature, called Agent Mode, is part of Gemini in Android Studio, the company’s development environment for designing, building and testing applications for Android smartphones.