As a final note, Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop (2024.3.2) also adopts the IntelliJ 2024.3 platform release, which brings a feature-complete K2 mode, more reliable Java/Kotlin code ...

This is a pretty significant update for how Android apps are built, tested, and rolled out to the Play Store. Android Studio Narwhal (2025.2.1) has deep integration with Gemini 2.5 Pro models.