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TL;DR 118 — July 5th, 2018

Indie Games Accelerator in Asia

The Indie Games Accelerator is a new initiative to support top indie game startups from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam who are looking to supercharge their growth on Android. To learn about the benefits and apply today, head on over to the post.

New GitHub repo: Using Firebase to add cloud-based features to games built on Unity

Firebase Unity Solutions is a set of sample projects and scripts that help you utilize Firebase tools and services for adding cloud-based features to your games being built on Unity. It’s open source and on GitHub. Head on over to the post for details and the link.

Announcing MongoDB Atlas free tier on GCP

We’re lowering the barrier to get started on MongoDB Atlas and Google Platform by offering a free tier in three supported regions. The MongoDB NoSQL database is hugely popular, and the MongoDB Atlas cloud version makes it easy to manage on Google Cloud Platform. Links to the docs and an overview video are on the post.

Transfer Appliance, now GA in U.S.

The Transfer Appliance is a high-capacity server that lets you transfer large amounts of data to Google Cloud Platform, quickly and securely. It’s recommended if you’re moving more than 20TB of data, or data that would take more than a week to upload. And it’s now generally available in the U.S., with a few new features. Details and example uses are on the post.

BigQuery in June: a new data type, new data import formats, and finer cost controls

In June, BigQuery got a new data type, new data import formats, and finer cost controls. Example queries and screenshots are on the post.

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TL;DR 117 — June 28th, 2018

Android Studio 3.2 Beta

You can now download Android Studio 3.2 Beta. This latest release of the official Android IDE helps onboard you to Android JetPack, Android P Developer Preview, and the new Android App Bundle format. It also includes Emulator Snapshots and the Energy Profiler. Head on over to the post for details and screenshots.

Android Things and Google Cloud IoT Core

We’ve released a client library to make it easy to use Google Cloud IoT Core from Android Things devices. With just a few lines of code, you can easily connect to the IoT Core MQTT bridge, authenticate the device, publish device telemetry and state, subscribe to configuration changes, and handle errors and network outages. Sample code and a video are on the post.

Firestore Security Rules Simulator

We’re making it easier to secure your Cloud Firestore database with the release of the Rules Simulator. With it in the Firebase console, you can test your rules as you write them and before you deploy! Screenshots and links to the docs are on the post.

Flutter Release Preview 1

The Flutter Release Preview 1 is now available as we move into the final stages of stabilization for 1.0. For details on external contributions, improvements from the flutter team, and instructions to get started, head on over to the post.

Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

We recently launched a new Associate Cloud Engineer certification, designed to address the growing demand for individuals with the foundational cloud skills necessary to deploy applications and maintain cloud projects on Google Cloud Platform. To learn more and register for the exam, head on over to the post.

Cloud TPU

Cloud TPUs are now available in two new regions in Europe and Asia, and we are also introducing preemptible pricing for Cloud TPUs that is 70% lower than the normal price. Learn more about Cloud TPUs, including performance-per-dollar, on the post.