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APRIL 15, 2026 / Pay
Google has introduced enhancements to the Google Pay API to provide developers with greater flexibility and control over merchant-initiated transactions (MIT). The update includes new objects within the PaymentDataRequest to specifically handle recurring subscriptions, deferred payments like hotel bookings, and automatic account reloads. By allowing merchants to clearly define future payment terms, these changes improve transparency for users and help reduce transaction declines through better token management. Developers can now implement these features to create more seamless and secure long-term payment experiences.
FEB. 19, 2026 / Gemini
The Android XR team is using Gemini's Canvas feature to make creating immersive extended reality (XR) experiences more accessible. This allows developers to rapidly prototype interactive 3D environments and models on a Samsung Galaxy XR headset using simple creative prompts.
AUG. 27, 2025 / Google Labs
Stax, an experimental developer tool, addresses the insufficient nature of "vibe testing" LLMs by streamlining the LLM evaluation lifecycle, allowing users to rigorously test their AI stack and make data-driven decisions through human labeling and scalable LLM-as-a-judge auto-raters.
JULY 21, 2025 / Gemini
Gemini's advanced capability for conversational image segmentation allows intuitive interaction with visual data by understanding complex phrases, conditional logic, and abstract concepts, streamlining developer experience and opening doors for new applications in media editing, safety monitoring, and damage assessment.
JULY 16, 2025 / Gemini
The updated Agent Development Kit (ADK) simplifies and accelerates the process of building AI agents by providing the CLI with a deep, cost-effective understanding of the ADK framework, allowing developers to quickly ideate, generate, test, and improve functional agents through conversational prompts, eliminating friction and keeping them in a productive "flow" state.
JUNE 10, 2025 / Pay
Use a sandboxed iframe to implement Google Pay on checkout pages, which helps comply with PCI DSS v4 requirements by isolating scripts. Shopify successfully implemented this method and passed the PCI DSS v4 audit.
MAY 28, 2025 / Android
Google Pay support within Android WebView is now available, starting with WebView version 137 and Play Services 25.18.30, allowing users to utilize the native Google Pay payment sheet within embedded web checkout processes.
MAY 22, 2025 / Wallet
Google Wallet has expanded globally and introduced new features like digital IDs via a new Digital Credentials API, granular notifications for pass updates, and nearby pass notifications, along with other features like Value Added Opportunities and a Pass Upgrade experience.
MAY 20, 2025 / Gemini
Google Gemini models offer several advantages when building AI agents, such as advanced reasoning, function calling, multimodality, and large context window capabilities. Open-source frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, and Composio can be used with Gemini for agent development.
MARCH 31, 2025 / Gemini
The Gemini API and ESP32 microcontroller simplify custom voice commands for IoT devices, leveraging speech recognition for devices to understand and react to custom commands, bridging the gap between digital and physical worlds.
