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Google opens Android development to third-party AI agents and unveils new Gemini APIs

Google has opened Android Studio to third-party AI agents through a new "Bring Your Own Agent" feature that supports more than 40 coding agents, including Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex. Google says new terminal tools help agents finish UI tasks 77 percent faster while using up to three times fewer tokens, alongside newly unveiled Gemini APIs.

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Google is opening up Android Studio to third-party AI agents. Through a new "Bring Your Own Agent" feature, the IDE now supports more than 40 coding agents, including Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex. Google says new terminal tools also help agents finish UI tasks 77 percent faster while using up to three times fewer tokens. Android development is becoming agent-centric too.

The article Google opens Android development to third-party AI agents and unveils new Gemini APIs appeared first on The Decoder.

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