Here are Google's new minimum RAM and storage requirements for Android phones

15 April 2025
OEMs need to respect these if they want Google Mobile Services on their devices.

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  • 16 Apr 2025

Bloat

    S, 16 Apr 2025i have a phone with android 12, 64gb rom, 6gb ram but waiti... moreYou can check if it is supported to receive android 16
    (like see how many years of software update your brand guarantee for your phone )

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      • Anonymous
      • PxE
      • 16 Apr 2025

      BTW
      Just a sidenote
      If you can adb pm uninstall the OKGoogle, XGoogle & Gemini, Gearhead (Andoid Auto)
      Maybe the OS usage is around 3GB-4GB in Android 16

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        • 16 Apr 2025

        magnaroader, 16 Apr 2025I mean there's a lot of things I could've done, b... moreIf I'm not mistaken, didn't you also have other options to consider? After all, it's tone-deaf to consider a cheaper option available in a pinch, at the time to judge a brand's image, knowing you only looked for something cheap as chips with a clear idea of its bare-minimum specifications to serve its purpose. After all, I could ask you to keep your opinions to yourself too.

        And coming from someone from a third-world country where imported goods have atrocious pricing, you may not have experienced what it's like to overpay for items that are essentially dirt cheap compared to the neighbouring country, all while struggling with a budget lesser than an acceptable minimum wage.

          Minu, 16 Apr 2025You could've bought a Nokia phone from 2021-2023 with ... moreI mean there's a lot of things I could've done, but since you don't know what it's like to buy phones in my region, best to keep your opinions to yourself despite your best intentions, right?
          Frankly thousands of options would have been better, but what was available in a pinch, at the time, was what I went for.

            Well the virtual memory will be more common in phones for sure.

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              • PyK
              • 16 Apr 2025

              Anonymous, 16 Apr 2025It's work, but not as advertised. It's a poor ma... moreAny OS, including Android, already uses this "RAM Plus" mechanism (known as Z-RAM) in the first case even if you turn that RAM Plus feature off from Settings. So turning this off and on doesn't matter, because in the end your phone will keep using MBs of storage on your device as a random access memory. That's why I call it a BS.

                Anonymous, 16 Apr 2025no need to worry about 10th year, by that time u wont even ... moreI hope not but everything is very possible.

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                  • 16 Apr 2025

                  magnaroader, 16 Apr 2025I dunno man, the Nokia I bought as a "burner" pho... moreYou could've bought a Nokia phone from 2021-2023 with 5G and significantly better specifications for lesser cash, brand new. The Aura is meant to be a technophobe/digital detoxer's tool, not a usable phone for tech-savvy users like us.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 16 Apr 2025

                    Artem S. Tashkinov, 15 Apr 2025That's not a rebuttal. That's an empty message. ... moreI would like to know who your employer is so that I can email them about one of their staff's dire lack of basic technical knowledge.

                      magnaroader, 15 Apr 2025They aren't running the full One UI though, it's ... moreruffled your feathers, Adventuresoul?
                      Can't stand the fact that Samsung runs Core on their cheap phones? Grow a pair

                        Minu, 15 Apr 2025HMD currently has only 2 phones with eMMC 5.1 (HMD Arc/Aura... moreI dunno man, the Nokia I bought as a "burner" phone for travel, lags like hell. It's the Aura. Lowest tier edition of it (4+64). Seems to have an EMMC, but doesn't specify which version when I check using spec check apps.

                          Ok so looks like the promises for future Android version upates means you will downgrade your 6gb phone right now into an Android Go version in the next years or so

                          So much for android version updates ig? 🤷 This also means if you want to use your phone in the long term, you have no option but to buy a midrange phone, with budget phones left in the dust.

                          At this point just go for iPhones. Hated them but their updates are much generally much better than Androids.

                          What even warranted the 6gb minimum for full Android? They barely even add features to the ecosystem right now for the GMS suite. My experience from Android 10 to 15 hasnt even changed even for a bit.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 16 Apr 2025

                            Snelle, 16 Apr 2025Try offline maps apks like OsmAnd+ which has nothing to do ... moreOsmAnd+ is the one that I used
                            I think its good, but Google Maps is better because it has more data.
                            Such as if you want to know the store opening time etc.
                            My solution now is to check google maps with web browser
                            Then use OsmAnd+ for driving

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                              • 16 Apr 2025

                              403, 16 Apr 2025Nope, RAM Plus is a BS after all. It's work, but not as advertised.
                              It's a poor man solution, a band-aid.

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                                • 16 Apr 2025

                                Cpt.Power, 15 Apr 20256, 8 even 10 years of updates is sueless. Warranty is alway... moreno need to worry about 10th year, by that time u wont even have os on ur phone, it will be cloud os

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                                  • 16 Apr 2025

                                  lokal AI on the phone requires 32gb ram iPhones till get there in the next Millennium?

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 16 Apr 2025

                                    Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025You don't understand how RAM management works. By that... moreCan you elaborate more how RAM management works? Let's check your knowledge.

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                                      • PyK
                                      • 16 Apr 2025

                                      Cpt.Power, 15 Apr 20256, 8 even 10 years of updates is sueless. Warranty is alway... more"10 years" is a bold statement. With how lazy devs nowadays to optimize their apps, it will take less than 6 years for it to become a minimum.

                                        Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025RAM Plus is not actual RAM at all... It is a part of your p... moreTry the tips in the link and watch your cellphone fly ..............
                                        https://www.gizchina.com/2025/03/31/android-phone-running-slow-try-these-3-secret-performance-boosters/

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