Introducing Android Performance Analyzer : The Next Evolution in Profiling for Android

Google has launched Android Performance Analyzer (APA) in open beta, a new standalone profiling and performance analysis tool for Android apps and games. Developed with Samsung Austin Research Center and LunarG, APA uses Perfetto for system tracing and supports CPU, GPU, memory, and power analysis. Key features include GPU counter data for Qualcomm, Arm, Imagination, and Samsung hardware, Vulkan debug trace markers, screenshot-based timeline navigation, tabbed/split-window trace comparison, project-based workflow for A/B test management, and AI-assisted SQL query building with Gemini integration. The tool is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) and renders traces 6–26x faster than Android GPU Inspector. Real-world case studies from The Forge and Netmarble show CPU cost reductions of ~50% and GPU rendering cost reductions of up to 90% respectively.