Google will prevent phones with 2GB RAM from using full Android 11

22 July 2020
Future devices with 2GB RAM or less must run Android Go, those with 512 MB won't qualify for GMS.

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  • 25 Jul 2020

Anonymous, 23 Jul 2020Stop talking. If you use Windows 10 8GB Ram is necessary to... moreFinally, someone who's speaking the actual truth! Those people are either in denial, lying, or are compromising a lot.

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    • 25 Jul 2020

    Anonymous, 22 Jul 2020as advanced as IOS? as LIMITED as IOS... there fixed it... ... moreWhat's so limiting about iOS these days? What can Android do that iOS can't? Change themes and place icons and widgets anywhere on the home screen? Whooptiedo! And besides, the more useful features iOS adopts from Android, the more you insecure nerds start spouting monotonous things like "they copied Android" or "Android had it years ago" and so on. Get off your high horse and let people enjoy whatever they want to enjoy.

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      • 25 Jul 2020

      OfferZ, 24 Jul 2020who brings out phones with 512mb of ram? Original Galaxy S ... more2019, but these:
      https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&nRamMax=512&sAvailabilities=1,2&sFormFactors=1,2,3,4,6,10&sOSes=2

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        • 25 Jul 2020

        Real.Talk, 23 Jul 2020Pepperidge farm is a biscuit, cookie company so what you on... moreIt's a meme and reference, fella

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          • 25 Jul 2020

          Evelynus, 22 Jul 2020Google's decision was bad. They should not do this, I ... moreSave up and get the iPhone 12 or last year's model. You'll be happy and set for the next 5-6 years.

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            • 25 Jul 2020

            MEOW, 22 Jul 2020now we see why iOS is better than android.. because its RAM... moreIt can run, but very poorly. 8GB is the bare minimum for a modern-day Windows 10 machine. Anyone who says otherwise is either downright lying or is struggling to do everything they want to do on their computer, thus making lots of compromises. And iOS is better simply because it's a headache-free mobile OS that doesn't slow down and gets reliable version and security updates for over half a decade. Both iOS and Android are so similar now that the differences between them are very negligible.

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              • 24 Jul 2020

              Anonymous, 22 Jul 2020Instead of asking companies to use more RAM, google should ... moreIt seems like your comment ruffled some Android nerds feathers lol. If Google doesn't want to optimize its bloated and convoluted OS then it should mandate all OEMs to stop manufacturing crappy and embarrassing low-specced hardware.

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                • 24 Jul 2020

                who brings out phones with 512mb of ram? Original Galaxy S had 512mb of ram. and the S2 had a gig and that was almost 10 years ago! 4gb is minimum nowadays. even for budget phones it should be good specs with 4gb under 200$

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                  • 24 Jul 2020

                  Anonymous, 22 Jul 2020My fone got 6gb of ram, and still stalls and stutters all t... moreAndroid Go shouldn't even exist in the first place! The only reason it does is due to people in certain areas of the world still buying shitty 2GB-4GB devices in the year 2020 lol.

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                    • 24 Jul 2020

                    Anonymous, 22 Jul 2020Why don't Google just make all apps the same foot-prin... moreThat's because, in this day and age, most people have 6GB-8GB smartphones and don't want to use the inferior, watered-down version of their favorite apps?

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                      YUKI93, 22 Jul 2020" I cannot stress enough that I don't see any dif... moreWhat I meant was +2GB of Android OS. I wouldn't know a difference if I'm using 512MB of Android or 3GB.
                      But I would definitely feel how much less RAM I have for things that I use as you said.

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                        • 24 Jul 2020

                        This makes me glad that I got the 8GB version of my current Android smartphone in late 2018. I don't plan on upgrading for another two years, or at least as long as the company keeps releasing OS updates. Since it's made by OnePlus, I'm confident they'll keep supporting it for at least that long. Besides, I have an iPhone 11 as well and that device will get iOS updates until 2025, at the very least.

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                          • 23 Jul 2020

                          Doesnt matter much to be honest tho. My old huawei p smart from 2017 that costed 200 euro had 2 or more gigabites so i doubt that it will be much of a problem for newer devices

                            Ridiculous IMHO. Even in 2020, there's no reason a mobile OS should need more than 2GB of RAM to work well. Admittedly, the platform has a ton of bad developers that keep releasing badly made apps that use up way too much RAM and leave Android with the leftovers.

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                              • 23 Jul 2020

                              Adam. Mo, 23 Jul 2020My laptop with 3gb ram on windows 10 running fineWindows 10 can't run fine if you don't have 8GB or more Ram.

                                Viper, 23 Jul 2020Yeah i feel the same most of them didn"'t know th... moreI agree. I don't use almost 40% of pre installed apps (mostly Google's apps and some pre-installed game installer)

                                  Viper, 23 Jul 20204gb phones are just enough.Have u used stock android??.If n... moreAgree. I use sony xperia 1 (6gb) and xz2 (4gb) that have nearly stock android and they gave me no problem. It's also depends on jow OEMs optimize their OS

                                    Anonymous, 23 Jul 2020Even better idea, Google needs to optimize their software. ... moreIOS is also a lightweight OS not capable of running the complex tasks that Android can handle.
                                    No wonder they are upgrading their flasghips to 6gb RAM as iOS is copying more and more features from Android.

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                                      Anonymous, 22 Jul 2020Remember when Android runs on 128mb with its native apps? P... morePepperidge farm is a biscuit, cookie company so what you on about?

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                                        kamal2410, 23 Jul 2020Not sure what does iOS as being advanced and Android as som... moreAbsolutely correct and seems like no one understands this.And android smartphones with 3gb ram are widely available in the market and 2gb phones can use the amdroid 10 if they don't like andoid go.Andoid 10 will get 2yearw of security update still now and present 2gb phones can be updated with with android 11 and its been written in the article

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