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What is the async pipe and why is it useful?

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Explain the async pipe.

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The async pipe (observable$ | async) subscribes to an Observable/Promise in the template, renders the latest value, and automatically unsubscribes when the component is destroyed — preventing memory leaks and removing manual subscription boilerplate.

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Consume a stream with no manual subscription
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { interval, map } from 'rxjs';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  standalone: true,
  template: `
    <!-- subscribes + auto-unsubscribes; no ngOnDestroy needed -->
    <p>Seconds: {{ seconds$ | async }}</p>
    <p *ngIf="seconds$ | async as s">unwrapped: {{ s }}</p>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  seconds$ = interval(1000).pipe(map(n => n + 1));
}
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