Android Studio, Google’s tool for building apps, is getting a new release cycle that aims to give developers “more frequent, focused updates” with Feature Drops.

The latest release, Android Studio Koala, kicks off a new Feature Drop release cadence similar to what's seen on Pixel phones, where a large swath of new functionality is added at one time.

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.