Faster startup profiling and improved memory leak detection. Android Developers Advantages and Disadvantages Professional Review Consensus
| Metric | Android Studio Hedgehog (2023.1.1) | Android Studio Koala (2024.1.1) | Improvement | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | IDE cold start (to project open) | 18.2 seconds | 13.4 seconds | | | Gradle clean build (medium project) | 1m 42s | 1m 18s | 24% faster | | Memory usage after 1 hour idle | 2.1 GB | 1.6 GB | 500 MB reduction | | Compose Preview render (first time) | 11 seconds | 5 seconds | 55% faster | | USB debug connect time | 4.2 seconds | 0.8 seconds | 81% improvement | android studio koala 202411 verified
: The Profiler received a task-centric redesign. System traces with profileable apps start up to 60% faster . Faster startup profiling and improved memory leak detection