# Newsletter - April 2022
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**[Learn](https://medium.com/googleplaydev/5-ways-in-which-top-app-developers-make-the-most-of-play-billing-7b8dd8b63f7c?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=android)** how app developers maximize Play Billing to improve reach, retention, and relationships with users. - **[Check out](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/04/aes22-blog-recap.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=android)** what you may have missed from the Android App Excellence Summit. - **[Stay](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/04/expanding-plays-target-level-api-requirements-to-strengthen-user-security.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=android)** up-to-date on Play's efforts to strengthen user security. - **[Read](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/04/google-photos-notifs-boot-installs.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=android)** how Google Photos used notifications to boost Android widget installs 10x. - 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**[Watch](https://youtu.be/Desgnq7MQt0?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=ml)** how to build an on-device recommendation model with TensorFlow Lite. - **[Learn](https://blog.tensorflow.org/2022/03/how-linkedin-personalized-performance.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=ml)** how LinkedIn uses TensorFlow.js to personalize mobile web experiences and gain millions more user interactions. - **[See](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=ml)** new features, improvements, and changes in the TensorFlow 2.9 release candidate. - **[Read](https://developers.googleblog.com/2022/03/GoogleMachineLearningBootcamp.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_team=googledevs&utm_campaign=2022-04-eng&utm_content=ml)** how a developer upskilled to an ML engineer with Google Developers' Machine Learning Bootcamp. - 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