Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else
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 […]
The Verge reports that Google is taking action against Android app developers who are using excessive amounts of memory, as part of a broader effort to address the ongoing RAM crisis. In a memo published yesterday, the company emphasized the importance of adhering to new memory usage limits for apps, in order to help developers navigate the hardware constraints and memory limits imposed by Android.
Failure to comply with these new restrictions could result in penalties, as the memory limitations were first introduced with Android 17 on Pixel phones.
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