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The August '26 Compose release (BOM 2026.08.00) lands mesh gradients, full HDR and wide-gamut rendering, Grid named areas, and native Credential Manager integration for text fields.

Google unveiled the Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and 11 Pro Fold, all running Android 17 on the new Tensor G6 with a fresh round of on-device Gemini features.

Google's July bulletin addresses 57 vulnerabilities across Android and Samsung-specific components, with five rated Critical.

Two new Android Developer ID interfaces launched in July, alongside early access for a free limited-distribution account lane.

Apple seeded the iOS 26.6 RC and the public release is expected around July 27 — a maintenance update whose most notable move is quietly reindexing Spotlight to prep for iOS 27.

Apple seeded the fourth iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 developer betas on July 20, with most of the movement landing on the next-generation Siri.

Apple opened the first public beta of iOS 27, landing right on the mid-July window it had signaled.

Apple pushed iOS 26.5.2 on July 2 with 25 security fixes, releasing before any public exploit disclosure — an unusually proactive cadence.

Kotlin 2.4.0 ships the previewed KotlinConf features as GA, with Swift package support in Kotlin/Native making KMP-to-Apple-platform targeting meaningfully less friction.

The KotlinConf 2026 keynote landed Kotlin 2.4.0 in preview, pushed Kotlin/Wasm to Beta, introduced an 18-month security support policy for the standard library, and revealed JetBrains co-leading a new open Agent Client Protocol standard.

Dart 3.12 lands private named parameters and experimental primary constructors alongside a new Genkit framework and an MCP server that lets AI agents trigger hot reload.

Expo Router v56 ships its own navigation stack — severing the React Navigation dependency — alongside streaming SSR and a new Android toolbar.