What's new in the Jetpack Compose August '26 release
Posted by Nick Butcher, Product Manager, Jetpack Compose Today, the Jetpack Compose August ‘26 release is stable! This release brings version 1.12 across core Compose modules (see the full BOM mapping ), introducing rich visual APIs like Mesh Gradients and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) support, structural layout features like named areas in Grid, seamless integration with Android’s Credential Manager,…
The Jetpack Compose August '26 release is now stable, bringing version 1.12 to core Compose modules. This update introduces rich visual APIs, structural layout features, seamless integration with Android's Credential Manager, and significant testing and performance improvements.
Key enhancements include Mesh Gradient support, Wide Color Gamut (P3) and HDR rendering, and the onFirstVisible() modifier, which has been deprecated in favor of Modifier.onVisibilityChanged(). Additionally, the LayerOutsets feature has been added to GraphicsLayer & Modifier.graphicsLayer to increase the visual bounds of the layer.
Performance has been enhanced with the addition of a keyed SideEffect overload, which runs side effects up to 90% faster than LaunchedEffect and around 20% faster than DisposableEffect. The DeferredTargetAnimation composable has also graduated from experimental status, enabling gesture-driven animations to be handed off to triggered animations with velocity transfer during the deferred phase.
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