Qualcomm announces support for Android Oreo (Go Edition)

Prasad, 06 December 2017

Qualcomm has announced support for Google's new Android Oreo (Go Edition) platform. The company will be working alongside Google to improve the experience on these devices, many of which will have 1GB or less RAM.

Qualcomm didn't really say anything about what it is doing in this partnership and merely listed off what Google has done with Android Oreo (Go Edition). Which, as we learned yesterday, involves having a streamlined version of the OS designed for low-end hardware with low RAM and storage space, lightweight version of Google apps, and a version of Play Store that highlights optimized apps.

Android Oreo (Go Edition) devices are expected to ship in early 2018.

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Reader comments

Marc Aurel
10 Dec 2017
p7d

Marcio, you should read the industry news more, or better. Mediatek was in fact the launch partner of Android Go. Mid-range phones don't use Mediateks, because their support for phone OEMs is not very good. The SoCs themselves are okay, if not ...

AnonD-696124
08 Dec 2017
ix9

Mediatek needs to partner with Google for Oreo Go edition. Snapdragon is already powerfull enough. Mediatek Soc are simply the worst, it's the slowest SOC in the planet right now. No flagship and no mid tier device sports a MediaTek SOC. 85% of a...