Google Raises Minimum RAM and Memory Specifications for Android Smartphones

Google has raised the minimal specs for smartphones that run on Android and supply the corporate’s Google Mobile Services (GMS). The search large has elevated the minimal quantity of RAM and storage that have to be accessible on a smartphone so as for it to ship with the Play Store and Play Services. The minimal specs are nonetheless significantly decrease than most entry-level smartphones at the moment, that provide a usable expertise at a comparatively cheaper price. New units should additionally supply assist for sharing emergency contact info whereas contacting emergency companies.

Smartphones to Require at Least 6GB of RAM With Android 16

Android Authority noticed the up to date minimal specs for smartphones that ship with Android 15 and Google’s apps and companies. If producers need to ship new smartphones with Android 15, they might want to embrace at the very least 32GB of built-in storage. Google beforehand elevated the requirement from 8GB of inbuilt storage to 16GB, after the discharge of Android 13.

Google has additionally specified that smartphone makers might want to allocate 75 % of the built-in storage have to be reserved for person knowledge. Most entry-level smartphones at the moment ship with 64GB (or extra) inbuilt storage, and this has develop into a necessity because of the growing dimension of purposes.

The minimal quantity of RAM accessible on a smartphone operating Android is now 4GB, which implies that handsets with 3GB of RAM should run on Android Go, which is optimised for much less succesful handsets. Google will as soon as once more  improve the minimal quantity of RAM to 6GB when Android 16 comes out, so telephones with 4GB of RAM will even want to make use of Android Go sooner or later.

Phones delivery with Android 15 have to be geared up with chips that assist the Vulkan 1.3 (or newer) 3D graphics and compute API, in line with Google. These handsets should additionally assist emergency contact sharing with emergency companies.

Besides these modifications, Google has additionally strongly advisable the inclusion of listening to help assist over Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) with the Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) protocol on Android 15 smartphones. This will finally develop into necessary for handsets launching with Bluetooth 5.0 and Android 16.