Clearly that the minimum system requirements for Android 13 have been raised to ``memory 2 GB or more, storage 16 GB or more''



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Android 13 ', which was just released in August 2022, has a minimum system requirement of 'memory (RAM) of 2 GB or more'. Android 12, the major version before Android 13, had a minimum system requirement of ``memory of 1 GB or more'', so this has been raised.

Android Developers Blog: Optimize for Android (Go edition): Lessons from Google apps - Part 1
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/09/optimize-for-android-go-lessons-from-google-apps-part-1.html



Android 13 raises minimum system requirements to 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/android-13-raises-minimum-system-requirement-to-2gb-of-ram-16gb-of-storage/

On the official blog published by Google for Android developers, it was revealed that the minimum system requirements for Android 13 have been raised to ``2 GB or more of memory''. The minimum system requirements for major versions of Android so far have been ``512MB or more memory'' up to Android 9 released in 2018, and ``1GB or more memory'' up to Android 12 released in 2021.



In addition to this, Jason Bayton , a 'product expert' certified only by those who have actively worked to help other users in Google's official help community, and Mishaal Rahman of the cloud platform Esper , have added the minimum system requirements It is reported that it has been confirmed that there is a requirement not only for 'memory 2 GB or more' but also for 'storage 16 GB or more'. In addition, Google has not publicly documented the requirement of 'storage of 16 GB or more'.




The increased minimum system requirements mean that devices that do not meet these requirements will not be able to update to Android 13. However, Ars Technica, an overseas technology media, said, ``Basically, this increase in the minimum system requirements will not have a big impact on the American market. Even smartphones have 3GB of memory and 32GB of storage.'

In addition, Google has released a simplified version of 'Android Go' that turns off some of Android's memory-intensive functions, and the minimum system requirement for this is '1 GB or more of memory'. remains. In addition, Android Go is basically an OS that is provided for developing countries where devices with 1 GB of memory are still mainstream, and according to Google, more than 250 million people around the world at the time of article creation Android It seems that you are using a smartphone equipped with Go.

The minimum system requirements revealed this time are only imposed on smartphones in the Android ecosystem. However, in August 2022,Protocol reported that ``Google strongly recommends that manufacturers developing smart TVs and streaming devices have 16GB or more of storage,'' and storage of 16GB or less. It has been reported that Chromecast with Google TV , which is only equipped with it, cannot update the application due to lack of storage.

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