Google Wants Every Android Version To Be ‘higher Quality Than The Previous Release
Dave Burke, VP of Android Engineering, was interviewed today at the Android Show and shared a lot of interesting information, including quality and performance.
In the context of the release of Android, Burke believes that quality is the "first attribute" when considering the daily use of the phone: if you think about
how dependent we are on our devices and how much we use them [every day] ], it is correct. It is very important that the device works well. Really, really reliable. High performance, high reliability.
The Android team internally "ensures that each release is better than the previous release through a set of advanced metrics that we measure in the lab and in the field."
We are stuck with that. I tell you that it is difficult, because your price is based on a small scale. So you have to follow everything, but it really raises our level.
Burke describes one way the team is doing this:
internally, we want to change some of our development practices in 2024 instead of going for a year and working towards a release. To keep the branch green for a long time, we divide it into pieces.
From our current description, this appears to be simply an internal change rather than something affecting the annual cycle.
In Android 14, Burke highlighted expressions (AI-generated wallpapers, lock screen clocks and shortcuts) and performance as big pillars. "I probably don't talk about it enough," Burke said of the band's performance. (Actually, Google should discuss this on stage at I/O in May.)
We've worked hard to reduce CPU activity in background applications, and as a result, Android is now 30% cooler. 14. The cool starts when you want to read pages of code before you flash and run them 30% off is awesome and you feel like a user.
This means an increase in the number of cached processes, but at the risk of increasing CPU usage and therefore draining the battery. Android 14 does a good job of blocking processes properly.
Burke explained how screen-related functionality like the floating app bar was originally part of Android 14, but changed in Android 13 (QPR2) to make Google competitive in the space and support foldable devices.
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