Ben Weiss
@keyboardsurfer.dev
App Performance Developer Relations Engineer for Android
The new Jetpacker sample app integrates with Android's intelligence system using AppFunctions. Read this blog post for the down low. android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/buil...
Build intelligent Android apps: Integrate into Android's intelligence system using AppFunctions
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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Join @lojanda.bsky.social and me on this deep dive into the intelligence system and Android MCP using the AppFunctions API: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtQM... #AndroidDev
Build intelligent experience: Deep dive into AppFunctions (I/O Connect '26)
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Google I/O Connect Berlin was a wild ride, but the biggest highlight? Sitting down with @keyboardsurfer.dev to break down the brand-new Android AppFunction API. 🤖🚀 youtu.be/z1Ftq-Ju-ZU #AndroidDev #GoogleIO #GoogleIOConnect #Android16 #AI #MCP #Gemini #AppFunction
The Future of Android AI: Google I/O Connect Berlin AppFunction Deep Dive
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We just open sourced the AppFunctions Testing Agent! 🧪 Manual deterministic testing & LLM-based agent evaluation 📱 Clean multi-module refactor of ChatApp with Wear OS support! Grab your API keys and check it out. #AndroidDev #AI #FridayDeploy github.com/android/appf...
GitHub - android/appfunctions: Android AppFunctions samples
Android AppFunctions samples. Contribute to android/appfunctions development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Want to know how fast it can be to integrate AppFunctions in your app? Watch the What's new in Android segment to see what you can do today. youtu.be/sig3n7XyaaA?...
What's new in Android
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AppFunctions are the customizable way for your app to integrate into Android's intelligence system. Today we're shipping a brand new code sample, development skill, and testing agent alongside a developer guidance refresh. d.android.com/ai/appfunctions
Overview of AppFunctions | AI | Android Developers
AppFunctions lets apps expose tools for AI agents, similar to the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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AppFunctions unlock new ways to interact with your app's users through system agents. We're currently experimenting with the API surface. Watch the feature introduction, register your interest at goo.gle/eap-af and keep your eyes peeled for more to come very soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvTR...
The Android Show: Developers Cut
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Numbers like these show time and again, that a little work on the right thing goes a very long way. @marianeum.bsky.social was very quick to update Monzo's R8 configuration and made the app much more performant along the way. ⚡️
Maria Neumayer @marianeum.bsky.social · 4mo agoLast year I attended a session on app performance by @keyboardsurfer.dev at @droidcon.bsky.social London and learned about some quick wins we could apply at @monzo.com. Curious about the results and the change? Read here: android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/monz...
Come and chat with us on Feb 5th 😊 we'll (try to) answer your questions about Gemini in Android Studio, and share some tips & tricks 👩🔬 With @josealcerreca.bsky.social, @astamato.bsky.social, @nosuid.bsky.social, Joe Birch and a few more! Join in → goo.gle/3O7dfk0
If you want to reduce your ANR rate... enable R8! 🥁 Honestly the numbers from Reddit here are wildly impressive, with 30% less ANRs, 40% faster app startup and frame rate improvement of 25% 😱 Checkout the video from @keyboardsurfer.dev to learn more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqO2...
Boost Android app performance with the R8 optimizer | Spotlight Week
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Are you ready for a session on Android performance including some live coding? I mean, what could go wrong? Watch the recorded Google I/O 2025 session now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMyl...
App performance improvements
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At droidcon London @ajeshr.bsky.social and I presented on "low effort, high impact app performance". We explored how you can improve app performance and then measure these improvements. youtu.be/t7djyOWymJQ?...
Low effort, High impact Android performance wins - Ben Weiss & Ajesh Pai | droidcon London 2025
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Performance Spotlight Week is done and dusted. Check out everything we talked about in the closing blog post. android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/full...
Fully Optimized: Wrapping up Performance Spotlight Week
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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We're hosting a live Ask Android session to cap off Performance Spotlight Week at 6PM CET / 9AM PT today. Tune in and bring your questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnZ...
App Performance #AskAndroid | Spotlight Week
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During Google I/O 2025 we also talked about low effort and high impact app performance improvements. And now you can watch the recording.
App performance improvements
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Tomorrow 9AM PT we're going to answer your #AskAndroid questions on app performance. Quick think of something and ask right now! I won't answer before the session though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnZ...
App Performance #AskAndroid | Spotlight Week
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Run this and let me know the output: `grep "dontoptimize" app/build/outputs/mapping/release/configuration.txt` In case it's not empty, you definitely should watch this youtu.be/QqO2jZ-NZko?...
Boost Android app performance with the R8 optimizer | Spotlight Week
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Customizing the cache window lets you prefetch content on Jetpack Compose LazyLayouts. Combining it with pausable composition and text prefetching is a winning combination.
Deeper Performance Considerations
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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Let's talk you through R8 Keep Rules, take the edge off and give your app the performance boost it deserves. android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/conf...
Configure and troubleshoot R8 Keep Rules
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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There's more to g-R8 performance. Profile Guided Optimizations, Jetpack Compose 1.10 and background work considerations are on the menu of today's read. android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/deep...
Deeper Performance Considerations
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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So you enabled R8. Now is a good time to catch up on Keep Rules. @ajeshr.bsky.social talks you through configuration and troubleshooting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0I6...
How to debug and troubleshoot R8 optimizer | Spotlight Week
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Share this post with your stakeholders. I'm convinced they want to invest in performance after reading it. android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/how-...
How Reddit used the R8 optimizer for high impact performance improvements
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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This Friday we'll host a live session on App Performance. Bring your questions using #AskAndroid or #performanceEnabled. See you there www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnZ...
App Performance #AskAndroid | Spotlight Week
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The single biggest performance impact for the Reddit app came from enabling the R8 optimizer's full potential. android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/how-...
How Reddit used the R8 optimizer for high impact performance improvements
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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We're just starting a Spotlight Week on Performance. So get yourselves ready for some g-R8 content.
Get your app on the fast track with Android Performance Spotlight Week!
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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droidcon London is around the corner. This time Ajesh Pai and I will share how you can make low effort and high impact app performance improvements to your app and how that helps drive user satisfaction and business results. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Ever wondered how much app performance really matters? 🤔 Duolingo's latest case study shows it's a game-changer! They boosted their Daily Active Users by hundreds of thousands just by speeding up their Android app. 🚀 blog.duolingo.com/android-app-...
Duolingo's Android performance case study and DAU growth
How we boosted Android app performance and gained hundreds of thousands of daily active users
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