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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  • 15 Apr 2025

Bravosixgoingdark, 15 Apr 2025everyone who bought those lower end Samsung A series phones... moreRam requirements are not upgraded all the time as you can see, they will survive.

    potato4k, 15 Apr 20256GB RAM minimum is good. It IS the minimum. But please Goo... moreMaybe just make eMMC for Android go phones only

      6GB RAM minimum is good. It IS the minimum.
      But please Google, ban eMMC for Android 16 onwards. We are in 2025, really no reason for eMMC to exist on newly released smartphones.

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        • Anonymous
        • mgK
        • 15 Apr 2025

        If you look at the source, it only says 4GB „may“ become mandatory, not that it will be like written here

          Anonymous, 15 Apr 2025And that goes for you too, stay away fanboy Sonysure

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            • Anonymous
            • t7E
            • 15 Apr 2025

            It seems we're getting near to a 12 GB RAM minimum RAM requirement (seriously)

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              • Anonymous
              • raQ
              • 15 Apr 2025

              Bravosixgoingdark, 15 Apr 2025everyone who bought those lower end Samsung A series phones... moreAnd that goes for you too, stay away fanboy Sony

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                • Anonymous
                • t7E
                • 15 Apr 2025

                Bravosixgoingdark, 15 Apr 2025everyone who bought those lower end Samsung A series phones... morewell, that's a problem, at least for the A15/16 owners that have the 4GB RAM variant (there are also 6 GB and 8 GB RAM variants being sold)

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                  • Knorr
                  • vaN
                  • 15 Apr 2025

                  4GB RAM / 64GB Storage - There made it simple

                    everyone who bought those lower end Samsung A series phones that promised "6 OS" upgrades may only get 2 at this point. some of those A series phones got only 4gb of ram so there's no way they'll be running anything above full android 15. but then again that hardware is already straining to run OneUi anyway, this was clearly a hollow marketing move their fanboys ate up.

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                      • Mimi
                      • mFd
                      • 15 Apr 2025

                      So how will the galaxy a15/16 with 4gb RAM get GMS in future android updates

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                        • mihayash
                        • LaA
                        • 15 Apr 2025

                        Instead getting smaller and faster ,it's bigger and heavier and slower every year,nothing new or simple.
                        Google is all about ads integrated on any android phone !