An update on Android's audio latency
Posted by Don Turner - Android Developer Relations Engineer This article takes a look at what's changed in the Android ecosystem for audio developers recently, the audio latency of popular Android devices, and discusses Android's suitability for real-time audio apps. What's changed? Over the past four years we have taken a number of actions that have improved audio latency. Latency reduction These actions, coupled with a renewed focus from device manufacturers on audio latency, have led to significant improvements in the device ecosystem. The average latency of the most popular Android phones has dropped to under 40ms, which is well within the range required for real-time applications. device popularity source: appbrain.com Greater consistency Digging into the data we can see that in 2017 there was a significant difference between the highest and lowest values (222ms). device popularity source: appbrain.com Compare that to the data for 2021. The range has reduced by a facto...