Google today announced and detailed Android 13 (Go Edition), which includes some fairly significant changes to the user interface and functionality. That’s what the company wanted to focus on with this new ultra-light version. three main qualities: reliability, usability and customization.
The platform has been updated over the years to match the major version androidand now Google announced Android 13 (Go edition). “By announcing the launch of Android 13 (Go Edition), we are also marking a major milestone with over 250 million monthly active Android Go devices.”Google explains in a press release.
This version of the lighter Android operating system, which will be available for new terminals such as Xiaomi Redmi A1, was first released in 2017 (Android Oreo Go Edition) and now, how could it be otherwise, it has also reached the Android 13 version.
With the idea of contextualizing what we’re talking about, before moving on to this novelty, let’s explain what is Android Go Edition (Android Go).
What is AndroidGo?
The Android Go operating system is based on the regular version of Android, but optimized for performance. on smartphones from 512 MB to 1 GB of RAM (although this new version requires 2 GB of RAM). In short, this light version of android designed to work on inexpensive smartphones.
And the fact is that, taking up less space than the regular version of Android, it gives smartphones with a small amount of memory the necessary breathing room to accommodate more media and applications (most smartphones with Android Go they come with 8GB or 16GB of storage).
Of course, as with the operating system, Google has also developed apps to make better use of the device’s memory (Go Gallery, Go Camera, Google Go…). It requires up to 50% less space and up to 30% better performance on budget hardware (less than 100 euros).
Android 13 (Go version): news
As the name suggests, Android 13 (Go Edition) brings a range of Android 13 features.. We start from material you and dynamic color received from the fund screen which generates four corresponding color schemes to choose from (instead of 16 in the regular version).
“When you set your wallpaper, you will see four matching color schemes to choose from. Besides creating a beautiful home screen, dynamic coloring really helps to make your smartphone unique to you.”adds Google in its press release.
On the other hand, on the home screen, swiping right you get access to the “Open” section. It’s not clear if it will be identical to the original version, but it’s a staple on all other devices and these cheaper devices couldn’t be left behind.
Google is also adding other Android 13 features to Android Go such as notification permissions and per-app language controls, very necessary.
Under the hood of Android 13 (Go Edition) added support for Google Play system updates (Project Mainline) which helps “ensure that devices can regularly receive important software updates beyond the mainstream version of Android” through the Play Market.
A big argument in favor, since these smartphones usually do not receive many (or at all) updates from operating system. “This will make the delivery of critical updates fast and easy without compromising on-device storage availability.”explain.
Another big change in this new version of Go is that it has stricter minimum system requirements, specifically Google requires at least 2 GB of RAM or more for Android Go hardware.
Please note that a minimum of 1 GB of RAM was previously required, and to this we must add that last month it was also known that the update required 16 GB of memory or more instead of 8 GB. More features, more space.
This means that any Android 12 Go device cannot upgrade to Android 13 if it has less than 2GB of RAM or less than 16GB of internal storage and This can be a big problem for those users who have bought these inexpensive devices thinking they will see Android 13 on their mobile devices.
Despite this great inconvenience, and as usual for all types of operating system versions, Android 13 Go will gradually reach different smartphones, bringing with it all the news already mentioned. The first factory devices with Android 13 Go are expected to be released during 2023.
Source: Computer Hoy
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