# Newsletter - August 2021
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**[See](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/making-ratings-and-reviews-better-for.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=android)** the latest upcoming changes to ratings and reviews on Google Play. - **[Learn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKHmclfY5w?utm_medium%3Demail-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=android)** about an upcoming policy change for app metadata and new Google Play store preview asset guidelines. - **[Discover](https://developer.android.com/quality?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=android)** how to attain high performing Android apps, use memory, power efficiency, and more with App Excellence checklists and resources. - **[Meet](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/android-app-excellence-duolingo.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=android)** the team at Duolingo who solved performance challenges by refactoring their entire Android app to a MVVM architectural pattern. - **[Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVzD_TwnQDY?utm_medium%3Demail-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=android)** how to help your players spend less time waiting and more time playing with Play as you download. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Firebase / Google Cloud - **[Announcing](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2021/08/new-features-in-app-check-beta.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series__081221&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=yt-desc&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=firebase)** three new features in App Check beta. - **[Check out](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2021/07/the-firebase-guide-to-building-stable-high-performing-apps.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=firebase)** the three part Firebase quality guide to build high performing apps. - **[Use](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2021/07/unlocking-next-level-of-app-stability-with-firebase-crashlytics.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=firebase)** Firebase Crashlytics to unlock the next level of app stability to keep your users engaged. - **[Learn](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2021/08/unlocking-your-apps-best-experience.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=firebase)** how to boost engagement by getting to the root of high-impact performance issues with Firebase Performance Monitoring. - **[See](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ygd9V2OBg?utm_medium%3Demail-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=firebase)** *This Week in Cloud* , 23 regions for logging, private service connect, and more. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | ML / AI - **[Discover](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.6.0?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=ml)** what's new with TensorFlow release 2.6.0. - **[Analyze](https://knowyourdata.withgoogle.com/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=ml)** your ML datasets with the interactive Know Your Data (beta) tool to help mitigate potential bias and fairness concerns. - **[Learn](https://youtu.be/Ta14KpeZJok?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=ml)** how the field of MLOps is growing, and what you need to know about machine learning engineering for production. - **[Achieve](https://tfhub.dev/google/collections/efficientnet_v2/1?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=ml)** greater parameter efficiency and training speed with new EfficientNet V2 models for image classification and feature extraction, available on TF Hub. - **[Build](https://developers.google.com/learn/pathways/on-device-ml-5?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=ml)** a mobile app to identify speech and other sounds, and learn how to customize a pre-trained audio classification model. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Google Maps Platform - **[Explore](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=maps)** the redesigned homepage for Google Maps Platform documentation aimed at making it easier to find what you need. - **[Add](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@types/google.maps?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=maps)** the official TypeScript typings for Google Maps Platform JavaScript API projects. - **[Customize](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/new-cloud-based-maps-styling-features-provide-more-options-control-and-flexibility-enhance-your-user-experience?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=maps)** your maps with the latest Cloud-based maps styling features, including Landmarks, building footprints, and detailed street maps. - **[Icons](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/icons?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=maps)** in Places API received a refresh. New fields provide access to SVG files and background colors for flexible control of icon appearance. - **[Try](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-maps-rx?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=maps)** the open source places-rx library. This library exposes RxJava bindings so you can use Observable streams with the Places SDK for Android. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Open Source and Misc - **[Review](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/06/upcoming-security-changes-to-googles-oauth-2.0-authorization-endpoint.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=misc)** upcoming changes to Google's OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint in embedded webviews and update your apps if they will be affected. - **[Implement](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/07/launching-our-new-google-identity-services-apis.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=misc)** **the new Google Identity Services APIs, a suite of sign in and sign up products under a single SDK.** - **[Start](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/gsi-jsweb-deprecation.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=misc)** your migration, the legacy Sign In solution will be deprecated in March 2023. - **[Due](https://material.io/blog/material-design-awards-2021?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=misc)** October 1, submit self-nominated products for the Annual Material Design Awards. - **[Deliver](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/deliver-asynchronous-notifications-in-google-chat-using-webhooks.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=misc)** asynchronous notifications in Google Chat using webhooks. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | Developer Community / BIPOC Partner Highlights - **[Register](https://bit.ly/3sdWqVy?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=devrel)** for Google Cloud Accelerator Canada Demo Day 2021 on September 16 and see how 12 selected startups used cloud technology to solve a wide range of challenges. - **[Meet](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/announcing-our-google-for-startups-accelerator-women-founders-cohort.html?utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_content=android)** the North American Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders cohort. Get to know the women-led startups who are leveraging machine learning and AI in the 10-week virtual accelerator. - **[Tune](https://events.withgoogle.com/google-for-startups-accelerator-climate-change/demo-day--video-library/#content?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=devrel)** in on demand #ICYM the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change Demo Day. #AcceleratedWithGoogle - **[Read](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/google-developer-groups-spotlight-kose-notes.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=devrel)** about Kose Notes and his developer experience as a community organizer in South Sudan. - **[See](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/07/dsc-students-building-better-world.html?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=devrel)** who the top 10 finalists are from the Google Developer Student Clubs Solution Challenge and how teams solved for the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals. | | | | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---| | | | | | | | |---| | |---| | | |---| | **Communities** [](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NPm1B6Xp5Bt9VwchFl5YOUnJrf7uJwcJI7qw8o9TUfs/edit) We're committed to showcasing Black developers' work in the development space. **[Submit](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NPm1B6Xp5Bt9VwchFl5YOUnJrf7uJwcJI7qw8o9TUfs/edit)** your BIPOC projects, products, organizations, and upcoming community events - no matter where they are in the world - to be considered in the next Google Developers newsletter. **Latest from Codelabs** - **[Android](https://firebase.google.com/codelabs/fcm-and-fiam?continue=https://codelabs.developers.google.com/#0)** - **[Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/codelabs/firebase-cloud-functions?continue=https://codelabs.developers.google.com/#0)** - **[Flutter](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/flutter-cupertino?continue=https://codelabs.developers.google.com/#0)** - **[Google Cloud](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/vertex_multiworker_training?continue=https://codelabs.developers.google.com/#0)** - **[Web](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/ar-with-webxr?continue=https://codelabs.developers.google.com/#0)** | | | | | | | |---| | **Past Events** - **[CDAP Day on Google Open](https://opensourcelive.withgoogle.com/events/cdapday?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents)** **[Source Live](https://opensourcelive.withgoogle.com/events/cdapday?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents)** - **[Google for Games Developer Summit 2021](https://developersonair.withgoogle.com/events/game-dev-summit-2021?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents)** - **[Airflow Day on Google Open Source Live](https://opensourcelive.withgoogle.com/events/airflowday?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents)** - **[Indie Games Accelerator and Indie Games Festival](https://events.withgoogle.com/indie-games-google-play/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents)** - **[Applied ML Summit](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/summit-ml-practitioners?utm_source=cloud_sfdc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FY21-Q2-northam-GEM912-onlineevent-er-gc-ml-practitioners-summit&utm_content=short-link?utm_medium%3Demail-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents)** | | | | [Find more developer events](https://developers.google.com/events/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=pastevents) | | |---|---|---| | ||| | ||| | | |---| | |---| | |---| | | | |---|---|---|---|---| | [](https://developers.googleblog.com/?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=blogger) | [](https://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=youtube) | [](https://twitter.com/googledevs?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=twitter "Twitter") | [](https://www.facebook.com/Google-Developers-967415219957038/?fref=ts&utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=facebook "Facebook") | [](https://medium.com/google-developers?utm_medium=email-d&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2021-08-eng&utm_content=medium "Medium") |
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