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We are happy to announce the first Technology Preview of Kotlin/Native that compiles Kotlin directly to machine code. The Kotlin/Native compiler produces standalone executables that can run without any virtual machine. It is not a fully functional release yet, but you can already play with the tech…

It’s been almost two months since Kotlin 1.0 was released, and the team is now switching from stabilisation and bug fixes to new feature work, so it's a great time to talk about our plans for the future. We’ve already published our Android roadmap, but there are many other areas where we’re applyin…

Introduction One of the most interesting pieces of news we've all seen recently is Google announcing (limited) Java 8 support for Android N with the Jack compiler for Java. Naturally, our users are curious about how these news affect them, and this blog post outlines our plans and our vision for K…