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by binarycrusader 1175 days ago
The fine article already mentions in the body and at the summary at the end that an Android client is planned but they have a small team so it will take time:

Wavelength is currently available only for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. An Android app is planned (see next item) … As mentioned above, Wavelength’s development team is very small. Two people, Henry and Patterson. That puts a limit on how much they can accomplish — hence the lack of an Android app at the moment.

Regardless, I don’t personally have any interest in this App at this time.

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Yup, I noticed that too, and it seemed at best an afterthought.
I mean, they are two people, and this product just left beta. They certainly need to prioritize. That would be equally true if they'd started with Android.

And it's especially true early in the development of any product, when major decisions are still being made, and even more true when there are sudden bursts of uptake, which can impact infrastructure in unexpected ways, which can then affect architectural decisions about the app.

Trying to do all of that on two platforms simultaneously is almost certainly an unnecessary dilution of effort this early in the development of the product.

That doesn't make Android an afterthought. It just makes it next.