Experience Platform SDKs vs. 4x SDKs

The following tables provide information about the differences between the new Experience Platform SDKs and the 4x SDKs.

Functionality support

Core functionality

FunctionalityVersion 4 SDKsExperience Platform SDKs
Modular SDK, Adobe and third-party extensions
No
Yes
Server-side configuration
No
Yes
Programmatic configuration
No
Yes
Bundled configuration
Yes
Yes
Configuration management in tags
No
Yes
Lifecycle metrics
Yes
Experience Cloud ID service
Yes
Yes
Privacy and GDPR framework
Yes
Yes

Adobe Analytics

FunctionalityVersion 4 SDKsExperience Platform SDKs
App screens & user actions tracking
Yes
Yes
Offline tracking
Yes
Yes
Hit batching
Yes
Yes
Milestone media tracking
Yes
Deprecated
Timed action tracking
Yes
Deprecated
Video heartbeats
Yes
Yes
Lifetime value
Yes
Yes. Use Profile extension
Server-side forwarding - Audience Manager
Yes
Yes
Set/get custom visitor ID (vid or s.vid)
Yes
Yes

Adobe Analytics - Mobile Services / Mobile Add-on

Functionality4x SDKExperience Platform SDK
Postbacks - Get/POST URL requests
Yes
Yes - Signals extension
Postbacks - PII Get/POST URL requests
Yes
Yes - Signals extension
Postbacks - Open app deeplink
Yes
Yes - Signals extension
Push Messaging
Yes
Yes - Mobile Services extension (deprecated)
In-app Messaging
Yes
Yes - Mobile Services extension (deprecated)
Marketing/Acquisition Links
Yes
Yes - Mobile Services extension (deprecated)
Geo location and beacon tracking
Yes
Yes - Places extension
Geo points-of-interest management
Yes
Yes - Places extension

Adobe Audience Manager

Functionality4x SDKsExperience Platform SDKs
Send signals to Audience Manager
Yes
Yes
Reset identifiers and profiles
Yes
Yes
Return visitor profiles
Yes
Yes
DPID/DPUUID synching
Yes
Deprecated

Adobe Target

Functionality4x SDKsExperience Platform SDKs
A/B, Multivariate Testing, Offers
Yes
Yes
Offer pre-fetch
Yes
Yes
Offer preview
Yes
Yes

OS/platform support

Functionality4x SDKsExperience Platform SDKs
Android
Supported
Supported
Android Wear​
Supported
Support coming
Apple iOS
Supported
Supported
Apple WatchOS
Supported
Support coming
Apple tvOS
Supported
Supported
React Native (iOS & Android)
Supported
Supported
Flutter (iOS & Android)
Unsupported
Supported
Unity (iOS & Android)​
Supported
Deprecated
Xamarin (iOS & Android)
Supported
Deprecated
Cordova (iOS & Android)​
Supported
Deprecated
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / Win 10
Unsupported
Not supported
Windows 8​
Supported
Not supported
Blackberry
Supported
Not supported
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