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One datapoint is that Google rewrote their Google Docs app in KMM (which doesn't include UI, that's Compose Multiplatform), replacing their legacy in-house framework. They intend to write more of their apps in it.

They also recently offshored some Flutter roles which may be a sign of how central they view Flutter. In a few years it may be in the graveyard.

https://touchlab.co/KMP-at-google

https://www.reddit.com/r/FlutterDev/comments/1chwqtu/flutter...

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> They also recently offshored some Flutter roles which may be a sign of how central they view Flutter.

No, Google did this throughout every team, not only the Flutter team.

> One datapoint is that Google rewrote their Google Docs app in KMM (which doesn't include UI, that's Compose Multiplatform)

Can you point me to the source? I'm curious

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-kotlinconf-2024-...

For the name of the internal framework, I can't remember which podcast I heard it on, but they haven't mentioned it publicly much if at all. It's something they threw together in like 2012.

The roles that were moved were devops stuff, nothing to do with core flutter, and they did this to many groups.

ok, this may be a red herring.

Still, in a couple of years when Compose Multiplatform is mature, and Google is looking to boost profit margin, they may rationalise their investment in multiple Cross Platform toolkits. I think most agree that, from a technical viewpoint, KMP + Compose Multiplatform offers the most flexibility.

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