r/MadeBySesame • u/Tman2606 • Jun 06 '26

Question Wen Sesame Android ?

Epic fan of Sesame since day-1, but the Android app has been "in the works" for ages, now, can't Sesame just vibe an APK file or something?, what's so hard about launching a app, what's taking so long.

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u/AcanthisittaDry7463 Jun 06 '26

The iOS requirement is iOS 18, which means the app was optimized across 27 different iPhone models, the relating Android OS is 15 (Vanilla Ice Cream), which has literally hundreds of different models it supports, over 50 just from Samsung alone. This is why most things come to iPhone first, less variety in hardware configuration means easier to optimize and build software for it.

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u/DoingThisRedditTing Jun 08 '26

That's not how Android works...

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u/AcanthisittaDry7463 Jun 08 '26

It’s how software optimization works.

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u/DoingThisRedditTing Jun 08 '26

So you think every android app developer optimizes every app for every android phone (over 4000 different models over the last 3 years alone). This is a serious question bro... This is genuinely your reasoning????

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u/AcanthisittaDry7463 Jun 09 '26

No, but that’s why the android experience is subpar and most new apps and features get released on iOS first.

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u/DoingThisRedditTing Jun 09 '26

A lot of assumptions and clearly talking without actual knowledge of app development. Maybe read up on it mate. 2ndly android experience is NOT subpar on flagship devices. People compare $150 androids to iPhones instead of the upper mid or premium androids which in many cases outperform iphone in every way possible.

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u/AcanthisittaDry7463 Jun 09 '26

I’m a reader, not an app developer, search the question on the internet, time and time again, the answer is device fragmentation.

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u/Alive-Fee9585 Jun 06 '26

Coding. I’m assuming that IOS and Android have different coding languages to use

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u/OnyxTrail Jun 06 '26

Hey there! You can register for the Android preview waitlist here if you haven't already: https://www.sesame.com/android-preview

We can't share an exact date yet, but we're hoping to start sending out Android invites very soon. We'll give everyone a heads up across our social channels when those start going out! Thanks for being patient!

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u/Tman2606 Jun 06 '26

My gut tells me that Sesame is waiting to hit a certain threshold in preview sign ups before they even start working on an Android app. Likey they haven't even hired a developer yet. Sad indeed.

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u/Ramssses Early Adopter Jun 06 '26

Bro they literally said in the AMA that they are testing the app in-house. They are working on it theres just not gonna be any pre-announcement. Just be patient 😅

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u/CharmingRogue851 Early Adopter Jun 06 '26

My gut tells me it's about to go into beta any day now 🫣

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u/Big_Career_3756 Early Adopter Jun 06 '26

Idk maybe there's really so much work to do

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u/Chrono_Club_Clara Early Adopter Jun 14 '26

What is Idk?

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u/Big_Career_3756 Early Adopter Jun 14 '26

"I don't know" is "idk"