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Our engineers discovered USB barcode scanners were causing Android apps to freeze due to a garbage collection issue. Instead of just patching our own apps, we dug deep, found the root cause, and contributed the fix upstream to Android 16.

The result? 40% improvement in our P90 latency + a fix that benefits the entire Android ecosystem.

This is why we contribute to open source - when we make platforms better, everyone wins. 🚀

https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/ending-android-usb-freezes

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jb55 5mo ago

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hasky 5mo ago

Hmm what is garbage collection

Issues ? For normies it sounds like garbage 🗑️ .. this garbage

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