... any type of file, uploading file, loading images from the network in ImageView, etc. There are some libraries but they are outdated. No other library provides a simple interface for doing all types of things in networking like setting priority, canceling, etc. As it uses Okio , No more GC overhead in android applications. Okio is made to handle GC overhead while allocating memory. Okio does some clever things to save CPU and memory.