May 5, 2021 05:54 EDT with 1 comment Android Studio is the go-to Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developers building Android apps. This is why Google consistently releases updates to the software in multiple channels so that users can familiarize or report issues with the changes made before they are rolled out to the general public. First up, Google has noted that it realizes that it is sometimes difficult to upgrade apps to the latest version of the IDE, so it has included a new app upgrade assistant that streamlines this process and ensure that your app is taking advantage of new Android Gradle Plugin APIs. The Apply Changes utility has been enhanced so you can make more types of code changes and push them immediately without restarting the app when running on devices with Android 11+. Android Gradle Plugin 4.2 has a new resources compiler that enhances build performance on Windows machines. The default programming language has also been updated to Java version 8.