Allen Wyma talks with Lars Bergstrom, Director of Engineering at Google, about Google’s use of Rust within Android. Android is Google’s main mobile operating system deployed to over 3 billion devices around the world.
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Timestamps* [@00:00] - Meet Lars Bergstrom * [@03:06] - Updates on Android devices * [@06:49] - Rust usage at Google and in Android development * [@10:26] - Zig as a security-focused alternative * [@22:52] - Native code development on Android * [@24:56] - Comparing Rust and Go * [@27:26] - Rust as an app development language * [@32:12] - LLVM vs GCC * [@40:15] - Concluding discussion
Other links* RUSTAsia Conf 2025
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Hosts: Allen Wyma