--- title: Android Studio Quail 4: Android skills, Gemma 4, and... description: Android Studio Quail 4, the final stable release in the Quail series, adds 23 bundled Android skills following the open agent skills spec so the AI agent gets... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android Studio Quail 4: Android skills, Gemma 4, and agent improvements | daily.dev og:description: Android Studio Quail 4, the final stable release in the Quail series, adds 23 bundled Android skills following the open agent skills spec so the AI agent gets... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jHxaNnSab.png og:image:alt: Android Studio Quail 4: Android skills, Gemma 4, and agent improvements og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android Studio Quail 4: Android skills, Gemma 4, and agent improvements **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android Studio Quail 4, the final stable release in the Quail series, adds 23 bundled Android skills following the open agent skills spec so the AI agent gets domain-specific guidance for tasks like XML-to-Compose migration without manual setup. Gemma 4 is now available as a local, offline model with agentic tool-calling and no token quotas. Agent workflow gets hyperlinked code symbols, real-time background status notifications, a unified Summary of Changes tab, and collapsible thought-process output. Gemini is wired into App Quality Insights for crash summaries and one-click fixes, and LeakCanary is natively integrated into the Profiler for desktop-side heap analysis. ## Content ## What's new in Android Studio Quail 4 Android Studio Quail 4 is now stable, marking the final release in the Quail series. The headline additions are built-in Gemma 4 support for fully offline AI coding, 23 preloaded Android Skills that give the agent domain-specific knowledge, and a handful of quality-of-life improvements to the parallel agent workflow. ## Gemma 4 as a local model Gemma 4 is now a built-in, recommended local model option in Android Studio. You can download and run it with one click, no third-party tools required. Because everything runs on your machine, your source code never leaves it and there are no token quotas to worry about. Gemma 4 also supports native agentic tool calling, which means it can handle multi-step code changes in agent mode entirely offline. For teams working with proprietary codebases, that's a meaningful difference from cloud-based options. If you want to go beyond the default Gemini model, you can connect via an API key, a Google AI Pro or Ultra plan, or Gemini Enterprise (currently rolling out in Canary). ## Android Skills The release bundles 23 curated Android Skills directly into the IDE. These follow the open agent skills specification and give the AI agent domain-specific guidance for common Android tasks without any manual setup on your part. Skills cover things like: - Migrating XML layouts to Compose - Building edge-to-edge layouts - Working with Navigation 3 The practical benefit is less outdated AI-generated code. Previously, the agent might suggest deprecated patterns unless you spent tokens upfront explaining the right approach. With preloaded skills, that context is already there. ## Agent and IDE improvements Quail 4 also ships several improvements to the parallel agent experience: - **Hyperlinked code symbols** in agent responses, so you can jump directly to relevant code - **Real-time background agent status notifications** so you know what's running without switching context - **A unified Summary of Changes tab** that consolidates what the agent did across a session - **Collapsible thought-process rendering** to reduce visual noise when you don't need to see the agent's reasoning The agent now supports parallel multitasking across multiple chats with different models, so you can run separate tasks simultaneously. ## App Quality Insights and LeakCanary App Quality Insights now uses Gemini to summarize crashes and suggest one-click fixes through the agent, which cuts down the time spent reading stack traces manually. LeakCanary is now natively integrated into the Profiler. Heap analysis runs on the desktop rather than on the device, which makes it noticeably faster in practice. ## Questions this post answers ### What new AI features does Android Studio Quail 4 include? Android Studio Quail 4, the final stable release in the Quail series, bundles 23 curated Android skills built on the open agent skills specification for tasks like XML-to-Compose migration and edge-to-edge layouts, adds Gemma 4 as a local offline model with agentic tool-calling and no token quotas, and improves the agent workflow with hyperlinked code symbols, real-time background agent notifications, a unified Summary of Changes tab, and collapsible thought-process output. _Android developers tracking IDE-level AI agent updates can follow releases like this on daily.dev._ ### Can I use Gemma 4 offline in Android Studio without an internet connection? Yes, Gemma 4 is integrated as a local, offline model option in Android Studio Quail 4. It runs entirely on-device, supports agentic tool-calling, and has no token quotas, making it useful for working without internet access or keeping code from leaving the machine. Users can still upgrade to Gemini via an API key, Google AI Pro/Ultra plan, or Gemini Enterprise, which is rolling out via Canary. _Developers weighing local versus cloud AI models for coding follow tooling shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### How does LeakCanary integration work in the Android Studio Quail 4 Profiler? LeakCanary is now natively integrated into the Android Studio Profiler and runs heap analysis on the desktop instead of on-device, which speeds up the process considerably. This pairs with Gemini's integration into App Quality Insights, which now summarizes crashes and suggests one-click fixes through the agent. _Android developers optimizing memory profiling workflows can track tooling changes like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini), [#android-studio](https://daily.dev/tags/android-studio), [#gemma](https://daily.dev/tags/gemma) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Android Studio Quail 4: Android skills, Gemma 4, and agent improvements","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T15:17:46.776Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T17:20:18.637Z","description":"Android Studio Quail 4, the final stable release in the Quail series, adds 23 bundled Android skills following the open agent skills spec so the AI agent gets...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0515aeca8fd3427681ec011a706db2ad?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0515aeca8fd3427681ec011a706db2ad?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"android,ai-coding,google-gemini,android-studio,gemma","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Android Studio Quail 4: Android skills, Gemma 4, and agent improvements"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-studio-quail-4-android-skills-gemma-4-and-agent-improvements-jhxannsab#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What new AI features does Android Studio Quail 4 include?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Android Studio Quail 4, the final stable release in the Quail series, bundles 23 curated Android skills built on the open agent skills specification for tasks like XML-to-Compose migration and edge-to-edge layouts, adds Gemma 4 as a local offline model with agentic tool-calling and no token quotas, and improves the agent workflow with hyperlinked code symbols, real-time background agent notifications, a unified Summary of Changes tab, and collapsible thought-process output. 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