{"id":97540,"date":"2022-10-15T03:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T03:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pixel-7-only-supports-64-bit-apps-what-that-means-for-you\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T03:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T03:05:06","slug":"pixel-7-only-supports-64-bit-apps-what-that-means-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pixel-7-only-supports-64-bit-apps-what-that-means-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel 7 only supports 64-bit apps; what that means for you"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are important phones for a few reasons, but one of the biggest is how they support apps. As it turns out, the Pixel 7 series delivers the first Android phones that block support for apps that aren’t 64-bit. What does that mean for you? Let’s discuss.<\/p>\n
It’s been no secret that Google has been working toward a future where Android is a 64-bit operating system, as opposed to one that still supports 32-bit software. What’s the difference between the two? In short, a 64-bit operating system can access drastically more memory addresses, which leads to improvements on both performance and security. Google boasted speed improvements to Chrome for Android, for instance, when it moved to a 64-bit build.<\/p>\n
Android made the move to support 64-bit apps in 2011 with the launch of Android 5.0, but the platform has always supported 32-bit apps in the years since. It was in 2019 that Google moved to make 64-bit support a requirement for all apps distributed through the Google Play Store, Android’s primary source of apps, with the Play Store later ending serving apps that either didn’t support 64-bit or didn ‘t have a 64-bit version.<\/p>\n
Now, Google is taking the next step by releasing the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro with 64-bit only support for apps, but not through a firm block.<\/p>\n