Bring your own model - Android Developers Backstage

About this episode

The episode discusses the new 'Bring Your Own Model' feature in Android Studio with insights from Raluca Saucic and Eugene Yakavets.

In this episode Tor and Chet chat with Raluca Saucic and Eugene Yakavets about the new "Bring Your Own Model" feature in Android Studio which allows using other models than Gemini for agent mode, including models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and more. We also discuss using local models via Ollama and LM Studio. Resources: Use a remote model → https://goo.gle/43N2Z5E Use a local model → https://goo.gle/3Xij27V Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - Bring your own model 4:13 - Bring your own key 7:24 - Anthropic model 13:17- How often do you need to remind the model of the context? 17:40 - Thinking vs planning 20:25 - What happens when the API needs to give multiple answers to a complex question? 24:14 - Supported models 31:18 - Are there any barriers when using a different model? 34:07 - Support for code completion 38:16 - GitHub's relationship with agents 44:35 - Using agents for development 56:36 - Studiobot 57:56 - Wrap up

People in this episode

Hosts: Tor, Chet

Guests: Raluca Saucic, Eugene Yakavets

Topics covered

• Bring Your Own Model
• Android Studio
• local models
• remote models
• AI models
• agent mode

Keywords

• Bring Your Own Model
• Android Studio
• AI models
• Ollama
• LM Studio
• Anthropic
• OpenAI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Android Studio, Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio, GitHub

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