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Google previews Android CLI as agentic development continues to snowball

Google has introduced a new Android command-line interface built specifically for AI agents, claiming a 70 percent cut in token usage and three times reduction in task completion time.

Using the Android CLI with Google Gemini to build and test an Android application (from official Google video) (click to enlarge)

The primary Android development environment remains Android Studio, which has built-in support for AI agents, but the new CLI means that agents working outside Android Studio can more easily build Android applications.…