Android 14 is noticably smoother over 13. Anyone know whats the reason? Havent seen any info on rend...

# android

[ursus]

Android 14 is noticably smoother over 13. Anyone know whats the reason? Havent seen any info on rendering improvements

[Pablichjenkov]

New hardware 🤷🏻‍♂️ you remember when your Android 13 was 2 week or 3 out of the assembly line. Perhaps some software improvement but hardware accounts for the most.

[ursus]

what do you mean hardware, I had 13, now upgraded to 14 and its way smoother

[Pablichjenkov]

Ahh ok sorry. I thought you were testing pixel 8 pro or some of the new flagships. Then it is definitely software.

[ephemient]

not kotlin but kotlin colored

[ephemient]

though https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/08/latest-artwork-on-hundreds-of-millions-of-devices.html says

In the coming months, we'll be releasing ART 14 to all compatible devices. ART 14 includes OpenJDK 17 support along with new compiler and runtime optimizations that improve performance while reducing code size. Stay tuned for more details on ART 14!

no further details have been published

[ephemient]

looking through the diffs there are some interesting-looking things like db18e88 41c3de2 d422960 5e0affb, no single thing but lots of assorted changes

[Colton Idle]

i feel like i dont feel a diff between 13 or 14. i wonder what feels faster to people. scrolling? going home? animations? etc?

[ursus]

yes everything, as if my cpu got overclocked lol