Announcing ADK for Java 1.0.0: Building the Future of AI Agents in Java

Google has released version 1.0.0 of its open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK) for Java, expanding its multi-language ecosystem that began with Python and now includes Java, Go, and TypeScript. The latest version introduces several enhancements such as new tools like GoogleMapsTool and UrlContextTool for enhanced data grounding, a centralized plugin architecture for global execution control, and improved context engineering with event compaction capabilities. Additionally, the release supports Human-in-the-Loop workflows for agent intervention, robust session and memory management services, and native support for the Agent2Agent protocol to enable seamless collaboration between remote agents across different frameworks. These features aim to create more powerful, interoperable agents that can interact with external environments and maintain long-term conversational memory, while providing developers with greater control over agent behavior and execution.