diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp
index 1dc252d356..0020ea21d6 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 using namespace filament;
 using namespace backend;
 
+
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_Renderer_nSkipFrame(JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong nativeRenderer,
+        jlong vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
+    Renderer *renderer = (Renderer *) nativeRenderer;
+    renderer->skipFrame(uint64_t(vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano));
+}
+
 extern "C" JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 Java_com_google_android_filament_Renderer_nBeginFrame(JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong nativeRenderer,
         jlong nativeSwapChain, jlong frameTimeNanos) {
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
index 6c4c5119e3..6cadf7d5c7 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
@@ -425,9 +425,12 @@ public class Engine {
         public long resourceAllocatorCacheSizeMB = 64;
 
         /*
-         * This value determines for how many frames are texture entries kept in the cache.
+         * This value determines how many frames texture entries are kept for in the cache. This
+         * is a soft limit, meaning some texture older than this are allowed to stay in the cache.
+         * Typically only one texture is evicted per frame.
+         * The default is 1.
          */
-        public long resourceAllocatorCacheMaxAge = 2;
+        public long resourceAllocatorCacheMaxAge = 1;
 
         /*
          * Disable backend handles use-after-free checks.
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java
index 4fb447db2c..509a3c080c 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java
@@ -297,6 +297,20 @@ public class Renderer {
         nSetVsyncTime(getNativeObject(), steadyClockTimeNano);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Call skipFrame when momentarily skipping frames, for instance if the content of the
+     * scene doesn't change.
+     *
+     * @param vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano The time in nanoseconds when the frame started being rendered,
+     *                       in the {@link System#nanoTime()} timebase. Divide this value by 1000000 to
+     *                       convert it to the {@link android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis()}
+     *                       time base. This typically comes from
+     *                       {@link android.view.Choreographer.FrameCallback}.
+     */
+    public void skipFrame(long vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
+        nSkipFrame(getNativeObject(), vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets up a frame for this <code>Renderer</code>.
      * <p><code>beginFrame</code> manages frame pacing, and returns whether or not a frame should be
@@ -716,6 +730,7 @@ public class Renderer {
 
     private static native void nSetPresentationTime(long nativeObject, long monotonicClockNanos);
     private static native void nSetVsyncTime(long nativeObject, long steadyClockTimeNano);
+    private static native void nSkipFrame(long nativeObject, long vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
     private static native boolean nBeginFrame(long nativeRenderer, long nativeSwapChain, long frameTimeNanos);
     private static native void nEndFrame(long nativeRenderer);
     private static native void nRender(long nativeRenderer, long nativeView);
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Engine.h b/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
index 6c3d87c29c..f728e0dde3 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
@@ -350,9 +350,12 @@ public:
         uint32_t resourceAllocatorCacheSizeMB = 64;
 
         /*
-         * This value determines for how many frames are texture entries kept in the cache.
+         * This value determines how many frames texture entries are kept for in the cache. This
+         * is a soft limit, meaning some texture older than this are allowed to stay in the cache.
+         * Typically only one texture is evicted per frame.
+         * The default is 1.
          */
-        uint32_t resourceAllocatorCacheMaxAge = 2;
+        uint32_t resourceAllocatorCacheMaxAge = 1;
 
         /*
          * Disable backend handles use-after-free checks.
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h b/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h
index 9bce76867e..a4e919610d 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h
@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ public:
      */
     void setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept;
 
+    /**
+     * Call skipFrame when momentarily skipping frames, for instance if the content of the
+     * scene doesn't change.
+     *
+     * @param vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano
+     */
+    void skipFrame(uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = 0u);
+
     /**
      * Set-up a frame for this Renderer.
      *
diff --git a/filament/src/Renderer.cpp b/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
index 01546a325b..258fd5ed32 100644
--- a/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ void Renderer::setPresentationTime(int64_t monotonic_clock_ns) {
     downcast(this)->setPresentationTime(monotonic_clock_ns);
 }
 
+void Renderer::skipFrame(uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
+    downcast(this)->skipFrame(vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
+}
+
 bool Renderer::beginFrame(SwapChain* swapChain, uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
     return downcast(this)->beginFrame(downcast(swapChain), vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
 }
diff --git a/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.cpp b/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.cpp
index 3f92acf784..471f8778bd 100644
--- a/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #include "private/backend/DriverApi.h"
 
+#include <utils/algorithm.h>
+#include <utils/bitset.h>
 #include <utils/compiler.h>
 #include <utils/debug.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ void ResourceAllocator::destroyTexture(TextureHandle h) noexcept {
             uint32_t const size = key.value().getSize();
             mTextureCache.emplace(key.value(), TextureCachePayload{ h, mAge, size });
             mCacheSize += size;
+            mCacheSizeHiWaterMark = std::max(mCacheSizeHiWaterMark, mCacheSize);
         }
     } else {
         mBackend.destroyTexture(h);
@@ -219,40 +222,83 @@ ResourceAllocatorDisposerInterface& ResourceAllocator::getDisposer() noexcept {
     return *mDisposer;
 }
 
-void ResourceAllocator::gc() noexcept {
-    // this is called regularly -- usually once per frame of each Renderer
+void ResourceAllocator::gc(bool skippedFrame) noexcept {
+    // this is called regularly -- usually once per frame
 
-    // increase our age
-    const size_t age = mAge++;
+    // increase our age at each (non-skipped) frame
+    const size_t age = mAge;
+    if (!skippedFrame) {
+        mAge++;
+    }
 
     // Purging strategy:
-    //  - remove entries that are older than a certain age
-    //      - remove only one entry per gc(),
+    //  - remove all entries older than MAX_AGE_SKIPPED_FRAME when skipping a frame
+    //  - remove entries older than mCacheMaxAgeSoft
+    //      - remove only MAX_EVICTION_COUNT entry per gc(),
+    //  - look for the number of unique resource ages present in the cache (this basically gives
+    //    us how many buckets of resources we have corresponding to previous frames.
+    //      - remove all resources that have an age older than the MAX_UNIQUE_AGE_COUNT'th bucket
 
     auto& textureCache = mTextureCache;
+
+    // when skipping a frame, the maximum age to keep in the cache
+    constexpr size_t MAX_AGE_SKIPPED_FRAME = 1;
+
+    // maximum entry count to evict per GC, under the mCacheMaxAgeSoft limit
+    constexpr size_t MAX_EVICTION_COUNT = 1;
+
+    // maximum number of unique ages in the cache
+    constexpr size_t MAX_UNIQUE_AGE_COUNT = 3;
+
+    utils::bitset32 ages;
+    uint32_t evictedCount = 0;
     for (auto it = textureCache.begin(); it != textureCache.end();) {
-        const size_t ageDiff = age - it->second.age;
-        if (ageDiff >= mCacheMaxAge) {
+        size_t const ageDiff = age - it->second.age;
+        if ((ageDiff >= MAX_AGE_SKIPPED_FRAME && skippedFrame) ||
+            (ageDiff >= mCacheMaxAge && evictedCount < MAX_EVICTION_COUNT)) {
+            evictedCount++;
             purge(it);
-            // only purge a single entry per gc
-            break;
         } else {
+            // build the set of ages present in the cache after eviction
+            ages.set(std::min(size_t(31), ageDiff));
             ++it;
         }
     }
+
+    // if we have MAX_UNIQUE_AGE_COUNT ages or more, we evict all the resources that
+    // are older than the MAX_UNIQUE_AGE_COUNT'th age.
+    if (!skippedFrame && ages.count() >= MAX_UNIQUE_AGE_COUNT) {
+        uint32_t bits = ages.getValue();
+        // remove from the set the ages we keep
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_UNIQUE_AGE_COUNT - 1; i++) {
+            bits &= ~(1 << utils::ctz(bits));
+        }
+        size_t const maxAge = utils::ctz(bits);
+        for (auto it = textureCache.begin(); it != textureCache.end();) {
+            const size_t ageDiff = age - it->second.age;
+            if (ageDiff >= maxAge) {
+                purge(it);
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 UTILS_NOINLINE
 void ResourceAllocator::dump(bool brief) const noexcept {
-    slog.d << "# entries=" << mTextureCache.size() << ", sz=" << mCacheSize / float(1u << 20u)
-           << " MiB" << io::endl;
+    constexpr float MiB = 1.0f / float(1u << 20u);
+    slog.d  << "# entries=" << mTextureCache.size()
+            << ", sz=" << (float)mCacheSize * MiB << " MiB"
+            << ", max=" << (float)mCacheSizeHiWaterMark * MiB << " MiB"
+            << io::endl;
     if (!brief) {
         for (auto const& it : mTextureCache) {
             auto w = it.first.width;
             auto h = it.first.height;
             auto f = FTexture::getFormatSize(it.first.format);
             slog.d << it.first.name << ": w=" << w << ", h=" << h << ", f=" << f << ", sz="
-                   << it.second.size / float(1u << 20u) << io::endl;
+                   << (float)it.second.size * MiB << io::endl;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.h b/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.h
index 40f15f3b4a..0bcc9aefa2 100644
--- a/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.h
+++ b/filament/src/ResourceAllocator.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public:
 
     ResourceAllocatorDisposerInterface& getDisposer() noexcept override;
 
-    void gc() noexcept;
+    void gc(bool skippedFrame = false) noexcept;
 
 private:
     size_t const mCacheMaxAge;
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ private:
     CacheContainer mTextureCache;
     size_t mAge = 0;
     uint32_t mCacheSize = 0;
+    uint32_t mCacheSizeHiWaterMark = 0;
     static constexpr bool mEnabled = true;
 
     friend class ResourceAllocatorDisposer;
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp b/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
index 9fd1758b82..a756c0cb9c 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,39 @@ void FRenderer::setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept {
     mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = steadyClockTimeNano;
 }
 
+void FRenderer::skipFrame(uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
+    SYSTRACE_CALL();
+
+    FILAMENT_CHECK_PRECONDITION(!mSwapChain) <<
+            "skipFrame() can't be called between beginFrame() and endFrame()";
+
+    if (!vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
+        vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano;
+        mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = 0;
+    }
+
+    FEngine& engine = mEngine;
+    FEngine::DriverApi& driver = engine.getDriverApi();
+
+    // Gives the backend a chance to execute periodic tasks. This must be called before
+    // the frame skipper.
+    driver.tick();
+
+    // do this before engine.flush()
+    mResourceAllocator->gc(true);
+
+    // Run the component managers' GC in parallel
+    // WARNING: while doing this we can't access any component manager
+    auto& js = engine.getJobSystem();
+
+    auto *job = js.runAndRetain(jobs::createJob(js, nullptr, &FEngine::gc, &engine)); // gc all managers
+
+    engine.flush();     // flush command stream
+
+    // make sure we're done with the gcs
+    js.waitAndRelease(job);
+}
+
 bool FRenderer::beginFrame(FSwapChain* swapChain, uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
     assert_invariant(swapChain);
 
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Renderer.h b/filament/src/details/Renderer.h
index e204396434..c0c6d5aa1b 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Renderer.h
+++ b/filament/src/details/Renderer.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ public:
 
     void setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept;
 
+    // skip a frame
+    void skipFrame(uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
+
     // start a frame
     bool beginFrame(FSwapChain* swapChain, uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
 
diff --git a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
index e5ec3fad9b..7dcdb7c183 100644
--- a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
+++ b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ class_<Renderer>("Renderer")
     .function("getClearOptions", &Renderer::getClearOptions)
     .function("setPresentationTime", &Renderer::setPresentationTime)
     .function("setVsyncTime", &Renderer::setVsyncTime)
+    .function("skipFrame", &Renderer::skipFrame)
     .function("beginFrame", EMBIND_LAMBDA(bool, (Renderer* self, SwapChain* swapChain), {
         return self->beginFrame(swapChain);
     }), allow_raw_pointers())