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Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
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Google is reportedly paying select Play Store developers for access to their app source code as part of a confidential program aimed at improving its AI coding tools.
\nDevelopers invited to participate can reportedly license their code to Google while retaining full ownership and intellectual property rights.<\/p>\n
While Anthropic\u2019s Claude Code and GitHub Copilot are in a league of their own with their AI coding tools, Google seems to be running low on free data to train its artificial intelligence<\/a> \u2014 and the search giant is apparently turning to Android developers to fix the problem.<\/p>\n According to a new report from 404 Media<\/a>, Google has quietly started offering money to select Play Store developers for access to their app source code. The move is reportedly part of a confidential pilot program designed to improve the company\u2019s AI-powered coding tools.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n Arguably, the absolute gold standard for real-time code autocomplete today is Microsoft\u2019s GitHub Copilot, and for navigating complex, entire codebases autonomously, Anthropic\u2019s Claude Code reigns supreme. Google\u2019s own Gemini models<\/a> have struggled to keep up using only the code the company can freely scrape from the open internet. To fill that gap, Google may be honing in on quality, real-world Android apps \u2014 even old side projects or archived prototypes gathering dust on developers\u2019 hard drives.<\/p>\n According to one email reviewed by 404 Media, Google is inviting developers to share codebases from Android apps published on the Play Store. The company says the code would be used to \u201chelp improve Google\u2019s developer tools and products,\u201d a description that strongly suggests the data could be used to train or fine-tune AI models that are focused on coding.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re an Android developer receiving this email, you get to sell access to your codebase and keep 100% of your intellectual property, states the report. It\u2019s a non-exclusive license, so your app is yours, and you can monetize your data elsewhere too.<\/p>\n Google\u2019s email pitch routes to a page presenting this effort as a \u201cmission-driven opportunity\u201d to help society solve global problems, but the immediate reality is clearly about making Gemini 3.5 and its new Antigravity 2.0 coding agent far more competitive.<\/p>\n![\"google](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768233971_656_google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/ "\\"google"){kind=icon}
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