diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 00ada2a1c..d77a706b3 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ updates:
           - "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm"
           - "com.google.devtools.ksp"
           - "androidx.compose.compiler:compiler"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
 registries:
   maven-google:
     type: "maven-repository"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Build.yaml b/.github/workflows/Build.yaml
index d47342c6a..2e6d11841 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Build.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mkdir -p ~/.gradle ; cp .github/ci-gradle.properties ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: 17
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       # Run local tests after screenshot tests to avoid wrong UP-TO-DATE. TODO: Ignore screenshots.
       - name: Run local tests
         if: always()
-        run: ./gradlew testDemoDebug testProdDebug :lint:test
+        run: ./gradlew testDemoDebug :lint:test
       # Replace task exclusions with `-Pandroidx.baselineprofile.skipgeneration` when
       # https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/frameworks/support/+/2602790 landed in a
       # release build
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ jobs:
           -x collectProdNonMinifiedBenchmarkBaselineProfile
 
       - name: Upload build outputs (APKs)
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: APKs
           path: '**/build/outputs/apk/**/*.apk'
 
       - name: Upload test results (XML)
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: test-results
           path: '**/build/test-results/test*UnitTest/**.xml'
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload lint reports (HTML)
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: lint-reports
           path: '**/build/reports/lint-results-*.html'
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mkdir -p ~/.gradle ; cp .github/ci-gradle.properties ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: 17
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload test reports
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: test-reports-${{ matrix.api-level }}
           path: '**/build/reports/androidTests'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Release.yml b/.github/workflows/Release.yml
index f85215b74..f4901b9e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mkdir -p ~/.gradle ; cp .github/ci-gradle.properties ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: 17
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b71427dfe..6f13f5de2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The app is currently in development. The `prodRelease` variant is [available on
 **Now in Android** displays content from the
 [Now in Android](https://developer.android.com/series/now-in-android) series. Users can browse for
 links to recent videos, articles and other content. Users can also follow topics they are interested
-in.
+in, and be notified when new content is published which matches interests they are following.
 
 ## Screenshots
 
@@ -109,12 +109,42 @@ Examples:
   manipulate the state of the `Test` repository and verify the resulting behavior, instead of
   checking that specific repository methods were called.
 
-## Screenshot tests
+To run the tests execute the following gradle tasks: 
+
+- `testDemoDebug` run all local tests against the `demoDebug` variant.
+- `connectedDemoDebugAndroidTest` run all instrumented tests against the `demoDebug` variant. 
 
-**Now In Android** uses [Roborazzi](https://github.com/takahirom/roborazzi) to do screenshot tests
-of certain screens and components. To run these tests, run the `verifyRoborazziDemoDebug` or
-`recordRoborazziDemoDebug` tasks. Note that screenshots are recorded on CI, using Linux, and other
-platforms might generate slightly different images, making the tests fail.
+**Note:** You should not run `./gradlew test` or `./gradlew connectedAndroidTest` as this will execute 
+tests against _all_ build variants which is both unecessary and will result in failures as only the
+`demoDebug` variant is supported. No other variants have any tests (although this might change in future). 
+
+## Screenshot tests
+A screenshot test takes a screenshot of a screen or a UI component within the app, and compares it 
+with a previously recorded screenshot which is known to be rendered correctly. 
+
+For example, Now in Android has [screenshot tests](https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/blob/main/app/src/testDemoDebug/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/ui/NiaAppScreenSizesScreenshotTests.kt)
+to verify that the navigation is displayed correctly on different screen sizes 
+([known correct screenshots](https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/tree/main/app/src/testDemoDebug/screenshots)). 
+
+Now In Android uses [Roborazzi](https://github.com/takahirom/roborazzi) to run screenshot tests
+of certain screens and UI components. When working with screenshot tests the following gradle tasks are useful:
+
+- `verifyRoborazziDemoDebug` run all screenshot tests, verifying the screenshots against the known
+correct screenshots.
+- `recordRoborazziDemoDebug` record new "known correct" screenshots. Use this command when you have
+made changes to the UI and manually verified that they are rendered correctly. Screenshots will be
+stored in `modulename/src/test/screenshots`.
+- `compareRoborazziDemoDebug` create comparison images between failed tests and the known correct
+images. These can also be found in `modulename/src/test/screenshots`. 
+
+**Note:** The known correct screenshots stored in this repository are recorded on CI using Linux. Other
+platforms may (and probably will) generate slightly different images, making the screenshot tests fail. 
+When working on a non-Linux platform, a workaround to this is to run `recordRoborazziDemoDebug` on the
+`main` branch before starting work. After making changes, `verifyRoborazziDemoDebug` will identify only
+legitimate changes. 
+
+For more information about screenshot testing 
+[check out this talk](https://www.droidcon.com/2023/11/15/easy-screenshot-testing-with-compose/).
 
 # UI
 The app was designed using [Material 3 guidelines](https://m3.material.io/). Learn more about the design process and 
diff --git a/build-logic/convention/build.gradle.kts b/build-logic/convention/build.gradle.kts
index ea57a7c8c..e11a1b42a 100644
--- a/build-logic/convention/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/convention/build.gradle.kts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly(libs.firebase.performance.gradlePlugin)
     compileOnly(libs.kotlin.gradlePlugin)
     compileOnly(libs.ksp.gradlePlugin)
+    implementation(libs.truth)
 }
 
 tasks {
diff --git a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Badging.kt b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Badging.kt
index 2a776e429..c59d3ffb8 100644
--- a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Badging.kt
+++ b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Badging.kt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import com.android.build.api.artifact.SingleArtifact
 import com.android.build.api.variant.ApplicationAndroidComponentsExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.BaseExtension
 import com.android.SdkConstants
+import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertWithMessage
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
-import org.gradle.api.GradleException
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.register
 import org.gradle.language.base.plugins.LifecycleBasePlugin
 import org.gradle.process.ExecOperations
 import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Files
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
 @CacheableTask
@@ -98,17 +97,12 @@ abstract class CheckBadgingTask : DefaultTask() {
 
     @TaskAction
     fun taskAction() {
-        if (
-            Files.mismatch(
-                goldenBadging.get().asFile.toPath(),
-                generatedBadging.get().asFile.toPath(),
-            ) != -1L
-        ) {
-            throw GradleException(
-                "Generated badging is different from golden badging! " +
-                    "If this change is intended, run ./gradlew ${updateBadgingTaskName.get()}",
-            )
-        }
+        assertWithMessage(
+            "Generated badging is different from golden badging! " +
+                "If this change is intended, run ./gradlew ${updateBadgingTaskName.get()}",
+        )
+            .that(generatedBadging.get().asFile.readText())
+            .isEqualTo(goldenBadging.get().asFile.readText())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/KotlinAndroid.kt b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/KotlinAndroid.kt
index 04ee4e56e..903c84d8f 100644
--- a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/KotlinAndroid.kt
+++ b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/KotlinAndroid.kt
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ private fun Project.configureKotlin() {
             val warningsAsErrors: String? by project
             allWarningsAsErrors = warningsAsErrors.toBoolean()
             freeCompilerArgs = freeCompilerArgs + listOf(
-                "-opt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn",
                 // Enable experimental coroutines APIs, including Flow
                 "-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi",
-                "-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.FlowPreview",
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 67b267cdc..c644ae3d5 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 [versions]
 accompanist = "0.32.0"
-androidDesugarJdkLibs = "2.0.3"
+androidDesugarJdkLibs = "2.0.4"
 # AGP and tools should be updated together
-androidGradlePlugin = "8.1.3"
+androidGradlePlugin = "8.2.0"
 androidTools = "31.1.3"
 androidxActivity = "1.8.0"
 androidxAppCompat = "1.6.1"
 androidxBrowser = "1.6.0"
 androidxComposeBom = "2023.10.01"
-androidxComposeCompiler = "1.5.3"
+androidxComposeCompiler = "1.5.7"
+androidxComposeRuntimeTracing = "1.0.0-beta01"
 androidxCore = "1.12.0"
 androidxCoreSplashscreen = "1.0.1"
 androidxDataStore = "1.0.0"
 androidxEspresso = "3.5.1"
 androidxHiltNavigationCompose = "1.0.0"
 androidxLifecycle = "2.6.2"
-androidxMacroBenchmark = "1.2.0"
+androidxMacroBenchmark = "1.2.2"
 androidxMetrics = "1.0.0-alpha04"
 androidxNavigation = "2.7.4"
 androidxProfileinstaller = "1.3.1"
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@ androidxTestRules = "1.5.0"
 androidxTestRunner = "1.5.2"
 androidxTracing = "1.1.0"
 androidxUiAutomator = "2.2.0"
+androidxWindowManager = "1.2.0"
 androidxWork = "2.9.0-rc01"
-coil = "2.4.0"
+coil = "2.5.0"
 dependencyGuard = "0.4.3"
 firebaseBom = "32.4.0"
 firebaseCrashlyticsPlugin = "2.9.9"
@@ -34,15 +36,16 @@ firebasePerfPlugin = "1.4.2"
 gmsPlugin = "4.4.0"
 googleOss = "17.0.1"
 googleOssPlugin = "0.10.6"
-hilt = "2.48.1"
+hilt = "2.50"
 hiltExt = "1.1.0"
 jacoco = "0.8.7"
-kotlin = "1.9.10"
+junit4 = "4.13.2"
+kotlin = "1.9.21"
 kotlinxCoroutines = "1.7.3"
-kotlinxDatetime = "0.4.1"
+kotlinxDatetime = "0.5.0"
 kotlinxSerializationJson = "1.6.0"
-ksp = "1.9.10-1.0.13"
-lint = "31.1.3"
+ksp = "1.9.21-1.0.16"
+lint = "31.2.0"
 okhttp = "4.12.0"
 protobuf = "3.24.4"
 protobufPlugin = "0.9.4"
@@ -50,8 +53,9 @@ retrofit = "2.9.0"
 retrofitKotlinxSerializationJson = "1.0.0"
 robolectric = "4.11.1"
 roborazzi = "1.6.0"
-room = "2.6.0"
+room = "2.6.1"
 secrets = "2.0.1"
+truth = "1.1.5"
 turbine = "1.0.0"
 
 [libraries]
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ roborazzi = { group = "io.github.takahirom.roborazzi", name = "roborazzi", versi
 room-compiler = { group = "androidx.room", name = "room-compiler", version.ref = "room" }
 room-ktx = { group = "androidx.room", name = "room-ktx", version.ref = "room" }
 room-runtime = { group = "androidx.room", name = "room-runtime", version.ref = "room" }
+truth = { group = "com.google.truth", name = "truth", version.ref = "truth" }
 turbine = { group = "app.cash.turbine", name = "turbine", version.ref = "turbine" }
 
 # Dependencies of the included build-logic