The Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are officially the first Android smartphones to exclusively support 64-bit apps.
With its latest terminals, the Mountain View company has once again demonstrated its desire to establish itself in the high-end smartphone market. But a few weeks after their release, Google has just confirmed that its devices do not support 32-bit applications.
Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro: 64-bit apps only
Until now, all smartphones deployed in the market with 64-bit compatibility also supported 32-bit applications. However, with its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, Google seems to have decided otherwise. The firm has indeed confirmed that its new smartphones are exclusively 64-bit compatible.
According to the explanations given by Google, and as reported to us by GSMArena, it would seem that dropping 32-bit support would significantly reduce RAM usage while optimizing performance and improving security. Smartphones with modern processors could then benefit from a performance gain of 25%, and 150 MB of RAM could be freed up (whether applications are running or not), according to Google’s words.
By deploying the first exclusively 64-bit smartphones, the American company wants to encourage more Android devices to do the same so that the transition takes place more or less quickly within the ecosystem. It’s a safe bet that other manufacturers will soon follow Google’s lead over the next few months, so we’ll start to see a wave of devices abandoning 32-bit apps.
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- Its value for money
- A premium design
- A nice bright screen
More premium, more powerful, and even more comfortable in photos, the Pixel 7 is a real success and confirms the good momentum of Google initiated last year. Like its elder, the Pixel 7 Pro, it disgusts all the competition in terms of value for money and even manages to match or supplant smartphones more expensive than it.
Its charging speed, which is too slow, is its only major flaw. The rest is only minor or logical. It gets a little warm, isn’t the best performer for powerful 3D games, and its battery life isn’t best in class. Once we are warned of all this, the Pixel 7 does not offer any unpleasant surprises.
Finally, the most difficult thing is not to know if it is the best at its price: it is. The real challenge is knowing who to choose between it and the Pixel 6 Pro, now available at almost the same price, or 799 euros. The answer is in the format. If you swear by rather compact smartphones, the Pixel 7 remains a better investment. It will be more powerful, more enduring, prettier and a little better in photos. If you love having fun on a large screen, and if for you, the telephoto lens is an obligation, then turn to the 6 Pro. In any case, there will be no wrong choice.
More premium, more powerful, and even more comfortable in photos, the Pixel 7 is a real success and confirms the good momentum of Google initiated last year. Like its elder, the Pixel 7 Pro, it disgusts all the competition in terms of value for money and even manages to match or supplant smartphones more expensive than it.
Its charging speed, which is too slow, is its only major flaw. The rest is only minor or logical. It gets a little warm, isn’t the best performer for powerful 3D games, and its battery life isn’t best in class. Once we are warned of all this, the Pixel 7 does not offer any unpleasant surprises.
Finally, the most difficult thing is not to know if it is the best at its price: it is. The real challenge is knowing who to choose between it and the Pixel 6 Pro, now available at almost the same price, or 799 euros. The answer is in the format. If you swear by rather compact smartphones, the Pixel 7 remains a better investment. It will be more powerful, more enduring, prettier and a little better in photos. If you love having fun on a large screen, and if for you, the telephoto lens is an obligation, then turn to the 6 Pro. In any case, there will be no wrong choice.
Source : GSM Arena
Google Pixel 7
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release date: 13-10-2022
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