Updated
Updated · Droid Life · Jul 8
Android Bench Adopts Harbor Framework and Adds 8 Models
Updated
Updated · Droid Life · Jul 8

Android Bench Adopts Harbor Framework and Adds 8 Models

3 articles · Updated · Droid Life · Jul 8

Summary

  • Android’s development team upgraded Android Bench by shifting the benchmark to the Harbor framework and expanding its leaderboard with eight new models, including Claude Fable 5, Sonnet 5 and GLM 5.2.
  • Harbor creates sandbox test environments for agents, and the team said the new setup makes the benchmark easier to run, compare and share while improving transparency for Android developers.
  • Android Bench is also opening to the broader developer community, which can now submit custom Android development tasks and publish benchmark evaluations.
  • Those community submissions will be reviewed before inclusion, extending the benchmark beyond Google-run tests as Android Bench adds newer model performance data.

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