Android 15 & 16: Be careful Google requires 32 GB of storage and 6 GB of RAM minimum

No more anemic smartphones that struggle to keep the pace. With Android 15Google imposes a more demanding technical threshold to be able to take its services. A logical evolution, but which sounds the death knell of the lowest -end models.

Android 15 and 16: Google muscle the prerequisites to turn at full speed

There is no longer any question of turning Android and the Google suite on under-equipped smartphones. From Android 15, any device wanting to embark the Google Mobile Services (GMS) will have to have a minimum of 32 GB of internal storage. It is twice as much as the threshold in force since Android 13which was 16 GB. The upgrade is clear, almost brutal – but justified.

In detail, Google now requires that 75 % of this space be dedicated to data partition (Data Partition), the one that accommodates preinstalled system applications, critical system files, as well as all data. In other words: less space for unnecessary overlay or bloatware… And more really usable space.

In terms of RAM, the cleaver also falls. Devices with 2 or 3 GB of RAM will have to imperatively opt for Android Goa lightened version designed for very entry -level models. And for those with less than 2 GB? Simply no access to GMS.

As for smartphones equipped with 4 GB, they will still be able to run Android 15 in its full version … but not beyond. From Android 16, Google will establish a new red line: 6 GB of minimum RAM to benefit from the complete Android experience.

Another discreet but crucial change: Android 15 introduces an option to share, during an emergency call, the contact details of your priority contacts with the emergency services. An opt-in mechanism that respects privacy, according to Google, accompanied by an obligation of transparency regarding the shared data.