One of the advantages of iOS over Android is the brilliant optimization of the system. This is why iPhones can have significantly less RAM and smaller batteries than competing smartphone models from other manufacturers. However, Google has found a solution that will help reduce this difference.
Android 14 has a built-in feature. It’s about battery power consumption
Mishaal Rahman, an expert specializing in the Android version of this system, revealed an interesting feature that Google has never boasted about. It turns out that Android 14 can scan system partitions from time to time and – if it detects an application consuming significant resources in the background – it can disable it. At least until the user manually opens it.
The function is primarily intended to shorten to a minimum the operation of bloatware programs, i.e. poorly optimized and too resource-intensive compared to their capabilities. The benefits are obvious. By disabling resource-hungry applications, Android will reduce the demand for computing power and free up space in RAM, which will translate primarily into lower energy consumption and longer operation of the phone on a single charge.
Of course, the function contains a list of exceptions, i.e. applications whose activity will not be suspended, even if the user is not using them at a given moment. These are programs that require background activity to function properly (e.g. e-mail client or messenger). The list includes several basic pre-installed applications, and more may be added by phone manufacturers.
The new function is embedded in the system code and is already present at the Android Open Source Project stage, i.e. in the open version of Android, which smartphone manufacturers can then modify (e.g. by adding their own applications and system overlay and changing some settings). As Rahman explains, it will depend on individual manufacturers whether a given phone will receive a new product from Google or not. The average user will probably never even know what it is like in reality.
Source: Gazeta
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