However, Google will continue to provide for Koala until April 2025. You should update to each patch (e.g., 2024.1.1.12 → 2024.1.2 ) but verify community feedback before applying major feature drops.
| 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
Last Updated: October 2024