250 million gadgets run Android Go — however the brand new model is extra demanding

Google has announced that over 1 / 4 of a billion gadgets that individuals use every month are working Android Go version, which is designed for telephones with restricted storage and reminiscence. However, the brand new model that Google introduced on Wednesday, Android 13 Go, would require extra energy than its predecessors.

The new model additionally provides Google’s streamlined Google Play System Updates system, which the corporate says will assist customers preserve their cellphone updated with out taking over a bunch of room and let it roll out new options and safety patches with out the necessity for a full-bore cellphone replace. Android 13 Go additionally consists of options from the common model of the OS, like notification permissions and the flexibility to vary which language a person app makes use of. 

The firm says new telephones with Android 13 Go will begin showing in 2023. That’s an essential word as a result of it’s very doable that lots of people utilizing Android Go must improve their {hardware} to get the brand new model. For years, Google has pitched it as “built for smartphones with less than 2GB of RAM,” however as Esper editor Mishaal Rahman points out, the Android 13 model would require no less than 2GB of reminiscence, in addition to 16GB of storage. That’s a big step up from the 1GB requirement for the Android 11 and 12 versions, so telephones constructed for the brand new model of Go are going to should be a bit beefier to deal with it.