Google launches Android 11 Beta 1, Kotlin coroutines, and Jetpack updates

Google today launched the first Android 11 beta with final SDK and NDK APIs as well as new 10 features. The company also released Android Studio improvements (including ML model importing), Kotlin coroutines, Jetpack and Jetpack Compose updates, and a refreshed Google Play Console in beta.

If that sounds like a lot, that’s because it is. All of this would have normally been shown off at Google’s I/O developer conference, where the first Android beta typically debuts, but as you know, the event was canceled due to the coronavirus. The company then planned to host the poorly named #Android11: the Beta Launch Show in lieu, but postponed that due to widespread U.S. protests over systemic racism and police brutality.