Android Vulkan Profiles (AVP)

Note: The Android Baseline Profiles (ABP) are being renamed to Android Vulkan Profiles (AVP). This change better reflects their purpose: to provide developers with a reliable set of Vulkan features based on the current state of the Android-powered device ecosystem for a given year. As a result, the following naming changes are taking place: Android Baseline Profile 2021 is now Android Vulkan Profile 2021. Android Baseline Profile 2022 is now Android Vulkan Profile 2022.

Google has released the Android Vulkan Profile 2025, an updated profile designed to give developers access to the latest compatible features.

When we released the initial Android Baseline Profile 2021 (now Android Vulkan Profile 2021), we wanted to remove the challenges developers consistently encountered when determining what Vulkan functionality they could rely upon across the diverse set of Android-powered devices.

The Android Vulkan Profile 2021 addressed this pain point with a Vulkan profile that specified a set of Vulkan extensions, features, formats, and limits that were found on the vast majority of active Android devices in 2021. This profile was created with available data and discussions with Khronos partners to have a high level of compatibility with both existing and future devices and represents the complete set of Vulkan functionality that meets these constraints. We continued this process with the release of the Android Vulkan Profile 2022.

Just as with our initial 2021 and 2022 profiles, the Android Vulkan Profile 2025 includes a collection of Vulkan extensions, features, formats, and limits that are found on the vast majority of active Android devices. As the Android ecosystem has evolved, we have been able to add more extensions and features in the AVP 2025 as compared to previous versions. We believe that many developers will be able to benefit from the additional functionality found in this new profile.

We encourage you to read the full Android Vulkan Profile 2025 on GitHub.

Key highlights of AVP 2025

Building on the previous profiles, Android Vulkan Profile 2025 now includes:

• Additional memory features with VK_KHR_external_memory_fd and VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model
• Finer-grained control of floating point operations with VK_KHR_shader_float_controls
• Support for resetting GPU queries from the host with VK_EXT_host_query_reset
• Standard support for more pixel formats, including packed A2B10G10R10, B10G11R11_UFLOAT, B4G4R4A4, and many more

Key highlights of AVP 2022 and 2021

Android Vulkan Profile 2021 included functionality such as:

• Compressed textures through ASTC and ETC
• Variable colorspaces through VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
• Sample shading and multisample interpolation through sampleRateShading

Extending this functionality, the Android Vulkan Profile 2022 also adds a collection of features, such as:

• Full support for Vulkan 1.1
• 16 bit integers in shaders through shaderInt16
• Vulkan and Android Hardware Buffer interoperability through VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer
• Querying Vulkan driver properties with VK_KHR_driver_properties
• Greater control over renderpass creation with VK_KHR_create_renderpass2

Developers have three distinct profiles to use when developing their games, allowing them to select the profile that best fits the specific requirements of their project.

Profile	Vulkan device support*
AVP 2025	80.1%
AVP 2022	86.5%
AVP 2021	95.5%

*Based on active Vulkan supporting device data from October 2025.

We publish updated support percentages for the Android Vulkan Profiles in the Android Distribution Dashboard.