Google I/O 2013 - High Performance Audio

Why HN readers recommended it

Treated as the definitive explanation of Android's audio latency problem, showing it spans the entire stack.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Google for Developers

Topic

android audio latency

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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• If you want an in-depth explanation (AP mostly skims the surface) : [VIDEO] is a must-watch. Obviously, it does not cover the work accomplished these past two years, but it gives a good idea of the challenges of audio latency on Android

• They gave a good talk at I/O on just audio latency: [VIDEO] The touch latency alone is generally in the >80ms ballpark as well though, and varies a lot between devices.

• This is a great description of the lowest level problem. But for those wondering why iOS doesn't have the problem or why only 10ms is such a difference, the answer is that this is only the beginning of the problem of Android audio latency. There …