Google Adds Cloud Test Lab Integration to New Android Studio 2.0

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Google has updated its key Android development tool, Android Studio, to version 2.0 and added cloud test integration, a GPU debugger, and faster emulation and resource allocation. [VIDEO]

Mountain View touts the instant run feature as just about the most important new feature in the upgrade, as it analyses Android app code as it runs and determines ways it can be deployed faster, without requiring app re-installation.

The tool’s Android emulator is three times faster too. Connections over command line tool Android Debug Bridge are 10 times faster than the previous version.

Read more at The Register