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

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma