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Pavithra Chamod J from PickMe Engineering tackles a common Android performance trap: GIFs that look great but silently drain memory and tank your UI responsiveness.
Chris Ellsworth, Cosmin Stejerean, and Hassene Tmar from Meta reveal how Instagram became the first Meta app to support Dolby Vision. The catch? Their initial A/B test showed people watched LESS video with the ...
Reddit cut video loading time in half on Android. Here's how they did it with ExoPlayer optimization, player pooling, and smart prefetching strategies.
Real-time audio in React Native isn't just about playing files anymore. Callstack's engineering team reveals why buffer-based pipelines are becoming essential for voice AI, live streaming, and audio processing ...
Callstack just dropped their Ultimate Guide to React Native TV Development 2026. If you're building streaming apps, this changes the game for cross-platform TV.
Toni Heidenreich from Google just dropped Media3 1.8.0, and the scrubbing mode alone will change how your users interact with video playback. This release packs performance wins that directly impact user experi...
Meta serves trillions of image downloads daily. Now Instagram and Threads are pushing the boundaries of mobile photo quality with HDR support.
Swiggy's mobile apps serve millions of users across wildly different devices and network conditions. How do you deliver high-quality images and videos without killing performance or burning through bandwidth co...
Meta just solved a problem most users never notice: making HDR video look great on billions of devices with wildly different capabilities.
Meta serves billions of users with wildly inconsistent audio uploads. Their solution? A codec that adapts audio quality in real time without burning in compression.
Swiggy's iOS team built Instagram-style video stories and saved 49GB of user data in just two weeks. Here's how they did it.
Animations can make or break your app's performance. Choosing between Lottie and Rive isn't just about features: it's about understanding the tradeoffs that impact your users' experience.
Pinterest's Android team faced a unique challenge: playing multiple videos simultaneously in a two-column grid without killing performance. Here's how they optimized ExoPlayer to handle it.
Arlind Hajredinaj from SoundCloud reveals how a beautiful UI redesign accidentally tanked their image loading performance. The fix? A deep dive into Android optimization that every mobile team should read.
Phill Williams and Vijay Gondi from Netflix reveal how a codec upgrade is solving one of mobile streaming's most annoying problems: constantly adjusting your volume.
Ivan Dyatlov from Bumble Tech discovered that WebRTC's H.264 hardware encoding failed on most Android 5.x devices despite official support claims. His deep dive into codec implementations reveals why video call...
Anirudh Ramanan from Flipkart reveals how Google's IMA library was causing 15% of users to bail before videos even started. Their solution? Build their own ads framework from scratch.
Netflix just brought AV1 streaming to TVs, marking a major milestone for the royalty-free codec. The result? Measurably better streaming for millions of members.
Saurabh Arora from Viki reveals the video playback mistakes that shock users and kill engagement. Most Android apps get at least 3 of these wrong.
Joel Sole and the Netflix encoding team reveal why codec comparison studies often contradict each other—and how they're fixing the problem. Their findings challenge conventional wisdom about H.264, H.265, and V...