Following its announcement last November, Android Studio 2.0 has been released into the stable channel, with a new emulator, Instant Run building, and more.

At the Android Dev Summit today, Google announced Android Studio 2.0, the second major version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Version 2.0 adds Instant Run, a faster Android ...

Android Studio’s Emulator is a versatile tool that lets you create virtual devices to simulate real Android phones and tablets.

Android Studio 4.1: easier to add on-device TensorFlow Lite models, run Android Emulator directly, more foldable form factors, and Database Inspector.

Android Studio's device emulator used to be incredibly slow, even on capable hardware. Google has drastically improved the performance over the past two years, but a few issues remain.

With version 2.0, as Google’s group product manager for Android Studio Stephanie Cuthbertson told me, the team wanted to build on the foundation it laid over the last two years and focus on speed.