In December 2017, Google announced via an Android Developers blog post that the Google Play store will require new apps and app updates to provide 64-bit versions in addition to their 32-bit versions. Overall, this mandate from Google is good news and…

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Images, along with video and image sensors have been in the center of mobile Hardware and Software development and users’ interest since the first phone with a built-in camera was released in 2000. Today, mobile images play a key role in…

The launch of Arm support for the Android Neural Networks API (NNAPI) sees the release of open-source, optimized neural network operators that deliver significant performance uplift across CPUs and GPUs.

Back in May at Google I/O, we heard the first public…

Arm is enthusiastic about Google’s announcement earlier this week encouraging Android applications to take advantage of the 64-bit Arm Architecture and making it a requirement for new app submissions to Google Play in August 2019. We believe this…

Update: 7 November 2018: Roberto has added new information to help run SLAM indoor tracking using a newer version of ARCore. He also explains the use of Points of Interest (POIs), and how to implement them in the app. POIs have many practical applications…

I recently attended the 11^th Google I/O, a conference where 7000 developers gather near Google’s headquarters to learn about, and celebrate, everything new that Google announces across its increasing range of products and services.

The announcements…