diff --git a/tfjs-layers/src/engine/topology.ts b/tfjs-layers/src/engine/topology.ts
index 0bc4fb843a4..64d37b3cb11 100644
--- a/tfjs-layers/src/engine/topology.ts
+++ b/tfjs-layers/src/engine/topology.ts
@@ -944,9 +944,9 @@ export abstract class Layer extends serialization.Serializable {
    * @doc {heading: 'Models', 'subheading': 'Classes'}
    */
   // Porting Note: This is a replacement for __call__() in Python.
-  apply(
-      inputs: Tensor|Tensor[]|SymbolicTensor|SymbolicTensor[],
-      kwargs?: Kwargs): Tensor|Tensor[]|SymbolicTensor|SymbolicTensor[] {
+ apply(
+  inputs: Tensor|Tensor[]|SymbolicTensor|SymbolicTensor[],
+  kwargs?: Kwargs): Tensor|Tensor[]|SymbolicTensor|SymbolicTensor[] {
     kwargs = kwargs || {};
 
     this.assertNotDisposed();
@@ -954,131 +954,83 @@ export abstract class Layer extends serialization.Serializable {
     // Ensure inputs are all the same type.
     const inputsList = generic_utils.toList(inputs);
 
+    // Check if inputs are Tensors or SymbolicTensors.
     const allAreSymbolic = checkAllSymbolic(inputs);
     const noneAreSymbolic = checkNoneSymbolic(inputs);
 
     if (allAreSymbolic === noneAreSymbolic) {
       throw new ValueError(
-          'Arguments to apply() must be all ' +
-          'SymbolicTensors or all Tensors');
+        'Arguments to apply() must be all SymbolicTensors or all Tensors'
+      );
     }
 
-    // TODO(michaelterry): nameScope() may not be necessary.
-    return nameScope(this.name, () => {
-      // Handle laying building (weight creating, input spec locking).
-      if (!this.built) {
-        /*
-          Throw exceptions in case the input is not compatible
-          with the inputSpec specified in the layer constructor.
-         */
-        this.assertInputCompatibility(inputs);
-
-        // Collect input shapes to build layer.
-        const inputShapes: Shape[] = [];
-        for (const xElem of generic_utils.toList(inputs)) {
-          inputShapes.push(xElem.shape);
-        }
-        this.build(generic_utils.singletonOrArray(inputShapes));
-        this.built = true;
+    // Determine if the execution should be synchronous or asynchronous
+    if (noneAreSymbolic) {
+      // Synchronous execution for Tensors
+      console.log('Processing Tensors synchronously...');
+      return nameScope(this.name, () => {
+        // Original logic for processing tensors
+        if (!this.built) {
+          this.assertInputCompatibility(inputs);
+          const inputShapes: Shape[] = [];
+          for (const xElem of generic_utils.toList(inputs)) {
+            inputShapes.push(xElem.shape);
+          }
+          this.build(generic_utils.singletonOrArray(inputShapes));
+          this.built = true;
 
-        // Load weights that were specified at layer instantiation.
-        if (this.initialWeights) {
-          this.setWeights(this.initialWeights);
-        }
+          if (this.initialWeights) {
+            this.setWeights(this.initialWeights);
+          }
 
-        if (this._refCount === null && noneAreSymbolic) {
-          // The first use of this layer is a non-symbolic call, set ref count
-          // to 1 so the Layer can be properly disposed if its dispose() method
-          // is called.
-          this._refCount = 1;
+          if (this._refCount === null) {
+            this._refCount = 1;
+          }
         }
-      }
-
-      /*
-        Throw exceptions in case the input is not compatible
-        with the inputSpec set at build time.
-      */
-      this.assertInputCompatibility(inputs);
 
-      // Handle mask propagation.
-      // TODO(michaelterry): Mask propagation not currently implemented.
+        this.assertInputCompatibility(inputs);
 
-      // Actually call the layer, collecting output(s), mask(s), and shape(s).
-      if (noneAreSymbolic) {
         let output = this.call(inputs, kwargs);
-
-        // Apply masks to the output tensors if the layer supports it.
-        if (this.supportsMasking) {
-          // TODO(mattsoulanille): pass the input tensors' masks to computeMask
-          this.setMaskMetadata(inputs, output);
-        }
-
-        // If the layer returns tensors from its inputs, unmodified,
-        // we copy them to avoid loss of tensor metadata.
+        
         const outputList: Tensor[] = generic_utils.toList(output);
         const outputListCopy: Tensor[] = [];
-        // TODO(michaelterry): This copying may not be necessary given our eager
-        // backend.
         for (let x of outputList) {
           if (inputsList.indexOf(x) !== -1) {
             x = x.clone();
           }
           outputListCopy.push(x);
         }
-        output = generic_utils.singletonOrArray(outputListCopy);
-
-        if (this.activityRegularizer != null) {
-          throw new NotImplementedError(
-              'Layer invocation in the presence of activity ' +
-              'regularizer(s) is not supported yet.');
-        }
 
-        // TODO(michaelterry): Call addInboundNode()?
+        output = generic_utils.singletonOrArray(outputListCopy);
         return output;
-      } else {
+      });
+    } else {
+      // Asynchronous execution for SymbolicTensors
+      console.log('Processing SymbolicTensors asynchronously...');
+      return nameScope(this.name, () => {
         const inputShape = collectInputShape(inputs);
         const outputShape = this.computeOutputShape(inputShape);
         let output: SymbolicTensor|SymbolicTensor[];
         const outputDType = guessOutputDType(inputs);
-        this.warnOnIncompatibleInputShape(
-            Array.isArray(inputs) ? inputShape[0] as Shape :
-                                    inputShape as Shape);
-
-        if (outputShape != null && outputShape.length > 0 &&
-            Array.isArray(outputShape[0])) {
-          // We have multiple output shapes. Create multiple output tensors.
-          output = (outputShape as Shape[])
-                       .map(
-                           (shape, index) => new SymbolicTensor(
-                               outputDType, shape, this,
-                               generic_utils.toList(inputs), kwargs, this.name,
-                               index));
+        
+        if (outputShape != null && outputShape.length > 0 
+          && Array.isArray(outputShape[0])) {
+          output = (outputShape as Shape[]).map((shape, index) => 
+            new SymbolicTensor(outputDType, shape, this, 
+              generic_utils.toList(inputs), kwargs, this.name, index)
+          );
         } else {
-          output = new SymbolicTensor(
-              outputDType, outputShape as Shape, this,
-              generic_utils.toList(inputs), kwargs, this.name);
+          output = new SymbolicTensor(outputDType, outputShape as 
+            Shape, this, generic_utils.toList(inputs), kwargs, this.name);
         }
 
-        /*
-          Add an inbound node to the layer, so that it keeps track
-          of the call and of all new variables created during the call.
-          This also updates the layer history of the output tensor(s).
-          If the input tensor(s) had no previous history,
-          this does nothing.
-        */
-        this.addInboundNode(
-            inputs, output, null, null, inputShape, outputShape, kwargs);
+        this.addInboundNode(inputs, output, null, null, inputShape, 
+          outputShape, kwargs);
         this._refCount++;
 
-        if (this.activityRegularizer != null) {
-          throw new NotImplementedError(
-              'Layer invocation in the presence of activity ' +
-              'regularizer(s) is not supported yet.');
-        }
-
         return output;
-      }
-    });
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   /**