Google announces ADK for Kotlin 1.0: Building Production-Ready AI Agents
Google has officially released version 1.0 of the Agent Development Kit (ADK) for Kotlin, achieving full feature parity with the Python and Java ADK cores.
By Dillip Chowdary • Sep 26, 2026 • Source: Google Developers Blog
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Google Developers Blog reports: Announcing ADK for Kotlin 1.0: Building Production-Ready AI Agents in Kotlin, Android, and Beyond. Google has officially released version 1.0 of the Agent Development Kit (ADK) for Kotlin, achieving full feature parity with the Python and Java ADK cores to enable idiomatic, multi-agent AI development. Built on Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), the framework leverages Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP) for zero-reflection,…
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For primary quotes and complete technical detail, see Google Developers Blog's original report linked above.
Developer Action Items
- ☐ Diff the official changelog for Google / Framework / Android 1.0 before you bump — APIs, defaults, and removed flags only.
- ☐ Install through the vendor's documented channel in staging; keep a one-command rollback and time-box the canary.
- ☐ Grep your repo for old flag names, lockfile pins, and plugin versions that the notes mark as breaking.
- ☐ Prefer the first patch cut over the day-zero tag unless you have a reason to be on the leading edge.
- ☐ If Google Developers Blog did not name a region, plan, or SKU, screenshot the official availability line before you promise it to users.
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