Google has revealed that the reminiscence necessities for Android TV are happening, with new gadgets needing simply 1GB of RAM to run the platform.
Android TV exists in two types – the Android TV expertise that launched in 2014 in addition to the Google TV expertise that launched in 2020. Each coexist at this level, although there’s been an apparent shift in direction of Google TV lately. It appears, although, that one cause Android TV might stick round is for very low-end gadgets, as Google has made some changes lately.
In a change submitted to AOSP, Google has lowered the RAM requirement for Android TV to only 1GB, down from the earlier 1.5GB requirement. The change was noticed by Android Authority, which cites sources that say Google is engaged on “optimizations” for Android TV that might enhance the expertise with this minimal quantity of reminiscence.
Units could be required to have 1GB of RAM for 1080p output and 1.5GB for 4K output, the report says. In the meantime, Google TV now requires 2GB of RAM.
Decreasing these necessities appears to sign that Google desires to maintain Android TV round as an possibility for extremely low-end streaming gadgets, versus Google TV which is getting used throughout TV units, the Google TV Streamer, and extra. In that capability, reducing these necessities may make a number of sense, however whether or not or not these gadgets will truly carry out in any respectable capability stays to be seen.
Reminiscence clearly has a significant influence on the efficiency of TV gadgets, as is clearly seen within the Google TV Streamer. The brand new set-top field has 4GB of RAM, essentially the most we’ve seen in a mainstream launch, and outperforms most different gadgets in each day use. Even the Protect TV, which has a significantly stronger chipset, doesn’t all the time really feel as quick because the Streamer, in principle resulting from solely having 3GB of RAM. Like Put on OS, which benefitted tremendously when producers began upping the reminiscence allotment, Android TV OS appears to profit equally. It looks as if… not an incredible concept to maneuver in the other way, however we’ll have to attend and see how issues truly play out.
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