# New Changes Coming to Sessions and User Engagement in Analytics

DevFeed: [New Changes Coming to Sessions and User Engagement in Analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/new-changes-coming-to-sessions-and-user-engagement-in-analytics-16301.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2018/12/new-changes-sessions-user-engagement>)

Author: Todd Kerpelman

Published: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Google Analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-analytics.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [BigQuery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bigquery.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [bigquery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bigquery.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [google-analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-analytics.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>)

## AI overview

Google Analytics for Firebase is changing how it measures sessions and user engagement. Sessions will start when the app enters the foreground without a 10-second delay, can be extended beyond 30 minutes for background events, and will include new session-related properties to simplify analysis in BigQuery.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.