Google’s command-line tooling for Android development reached stable 1.0 this month, bringing programmatic version lookup, Journeys support, and a bridge that lets coding agents drive Android Studio directly. Alongside it, Jetpack Compose 1.11 ships trackpad support, built-in focus rings, and long-requested Grid and FlexBox layout primitives, while Android Studio’s Quail releases fold LeakCanary analysis into the IDE. This guide covers what changed, why it matters, and what to adopt first.