Transmissions From the Tweet Factory: How Observability Transformed Mobile Performance at Twitter

This conference talk explores how Twitter revolutionized mobile performance through observability implementation. Learn how Twitter's engineering team addressed performance issues occurring outside their data centers by building custom observability tools for Android and iOS platforms. Hanson Ho, who spent over 7 years developing Android app observability at Twitter starting in 2015, shares how they extracted telemetry data from client devices to identify previously invisible failure points and bottlenecks. Discover the specific metrics they tracked, how the data was utilized, and the measurable improvements achieved in key business metrics like user growth and revenue. Gain valuable insights applicable to any organization operating mobile applications, covering both technical implementation strategies and organizational approaches to mobile observability.