# The State of JavaScript on Android in 2015 is... poor

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**Created:** [29 سبتمبر 2015، 11:25م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889 "2015-09-29T23:25:14Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [16 يونيو 2018، 6:16ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889/260 "2018-06-16T06:16:53Z")

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Good news! In the last year things have gotten a _lot_ better!

Snapdragon 835, Android / Chrome circa June 2017

 ![snapdragon 835 ember and speedometer](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/5/55cbf5dad0795859f7761422d0ed817acd383f31.jpg)

Snapdragon 845, Android / Chrome circa June 2018

 ![snapdragon 845 ember and speedometer](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/4/f434ad0797c2b4063136bc0af39c400ca4f3e5f2.jpg)

Note this is Speedometer 1.0 to keep the comparison apples to apples. Between the respectable hardware bump (finally) and major Chrome/Android JS improvements, we’re looking at 2x improvement. Vastly overdue.. but I’ll take it!

This is finally iPhone 6s territory which I’d call certainly fast enough for native Discourse performance.

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