Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else
The short version
- Spotted by TechCrunch , the company yesterday published a memo addressing the Play Store's role in enforcing new memory-usage restrictions.
- The post emphasizes the importance of meeting new memory usage limits for apps, in order "to help developers navigate industry-wide hardware constraints and Android's broader…
- And failing to meet the new memory restrictions will come with consequences.
- The memory limitations were first introduced with Android 17 , appearing first on Pixel phones.
- It's probably no coincidence that the base … Read the full story at The Verge.
The story
Google will start policing memory-hungry Android apps as a direct response to the RAM crisis. Spotted by TechCrunch, the company yesterday published a memo addressing the Play Store's role in enforcing new memory-usage restrictions. The post emphasizes the importance of meeting new memory usage limits for apps, in order "to help developers navigate industry-wide hardware constraints and Android's broader memory limits," it says. And failing to meet the new memory restrictions will come with consequences.
The memory limitations were first introduced with Android 17, appearing first on Pixel phones. It's probably no coincidence that the base …
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