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Developer finds Android's AI architecture lags behind Google's 'Intelligent System' claims

A developer has spent over a year building applications using Android's agentic APIs and found that only one of the three layers—model runtime, AppFunctions, and agent control—is sufficiently developed for practical use. This contrasts with Google's recent announcement of Android as an "Intelligent System," which the developer suggests is largely hype versus architectural readiness. AI

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Developer finds Android's AI architecture lags behind Google's 'Intelligent System' claims

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · tkuenneth ·

    I've spent the last year and a half building against Android's agentic APIs, not reading about them from a keynote seat. So when Google calls Android an "Intell

    I've spent the last year and a half building against Android's agentic APIs, not reading about them from a keynote seat. So when Google calls Android an "Intelligent System", I split that claim into three layers — model runtime, AppFunctions, and who gets to be your agent in the …