So this is for platform developers, developing Android itself (not apps). The intro video says it's the existing Android Studio app, plus a powerful plugin. Th

So this is for platform developers, developing Android itself (not apps). The intro video says it's the existing Android Studio app, plus a powerful plugin. They say the main addition is good support for the Soong Build System. Which I had not heard of. From the linked docs: The Soong build system was introduced in Android 7.0 (Nougat) to replace Make. It leverages the Kati GNU Make clone tool and Ninja build system component to speed up builds of Android. https://source.android.com/docs/setup/build https://source.android.com/docs/setup/build Hope this helps. TIL. I had heard of Ninja, which has a good reputation as a build tool.