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