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Enhance your app for the new Pixel lineup: Unveiled at Made by Google

Google's latest Pixel devices, including the Pixel Fold and Pixel Watch, offer developers significant opportunities to enhance user experiences across diverse form factors. Foldable phones, in particular, present a chance for apps to adapt to larger, dynamic screen real estate. Developers can leverage Jetpack Compose APIs and Window Size Classes to create responsive layouts that intelligently reflow content around folds and hinges. State preservation with ViewModel ensures seamless transitions between folded and unfolded states, as demonstrated by Notability and Flo Health.For wearables, Wear OS 7 on the Pixel Watch 5 introduces one-handed gesture control and Live Updates to provide efficient, glanceable interactions. Spotify is already integrating gesture control for media playback, while Just Eat uses Live Updates for real-time order tracking. Wear Widgets offer expressiveness and consistency across watch surfaces. Gemini Nano 4 on Pixel devices enables powerful on-device AI, allowing for low-latency, real-time intelligent features through the ML Kit GenAI Prompt API. Developers can utilize self-service tools and Gemini models to build smart capabilities directly on the hardware. Android skills further accelerate development by providing AI-optimized instructions for agents and tools, simplifying complex workflows. By exploring adaptive guidance, creating glanceable Wear OS experiences, and integrating on-device AI, developers can shape the future of the Pixel ecosystem.