Dissecting the SDKs and APIs of Top Android Chat Apps
2025-05-31
This analysis dives into the third-party SDKs and API calls used by four major Android chat applications, including OpenAI and Anthropic's Claude. Leveraging publicly available data from AppGoblin, the author reveals prevalent use of Kotlin in development, along with a diverse range of business tools. These include Google Analytics, Statsig (product analytics), Segment (marketing analytics), Sentry (deployment analytics), and RevenueCat (in-app purchases). Notably, OpenAI and Grok utilize livekit.io for AI voice capabilities, while Perplexity integrates Mapbox maps and Shopify e-commerce functionality. API call analysis is also mentioned, although specific data isn't disclosed.