24 December 2025 Artifact Wave

We have a stable Media3 1.9.0 release as the headliner of this week’s updates:

• androidx.gradle:gradle-version-catalog:2025.12.01
• androidx.gradle:gradle-version-catalog-alpha:2025.12.01
• androidx.gradle:gradle-version-catalog-beta:2025.12.01
• androidx.media3:media3-cast:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-common:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-common-ktx:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-container:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-database:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-datasource:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-datasource-cronet:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-datasource-okhttp:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-datasource-rtmp:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-decoder:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-effect:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-dash:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-ima:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-midi:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-rtsp:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-smoothstreaming:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-workmanager:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-extractor:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-inspector:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-muxer:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-session:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-test-utils:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-test-utils-robolectric:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-transformer:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-ui:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-ui-compose:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-ui-compose-material3:1.9.0
• androidx.media3:media3-ui-leanback:1.9.0