Thus, and although there is still considerable time to know the new bet in detail, since its existence was confirmed many rumors have arisen around this tablet and now, a new forecast talks about what the Pixel Tablet could mean in the history of Android.
The new leak is signed by @MishaalRahman, who from Twitter has revealed based on source code that the first tablet in the Pixel family would be the first Google device to run only 64-bit apps. 32-bit applications would be incompatible.
The change is important and a movement in which “the company with the big G” has been overtaken by other players such as Apple, a firm that made this leap since 2017.
Let’s remember that the main difference between both operating system architectures has to do with improvements in performance as well as a reduction in memory use.The more bits that the chip can process at once in each clock cycle, the better the experience of using the device. For this to happen, both the operating system, the processor as well as the software or apps must have the same execution capabilities, that is, in this case at 64 bits.
Pixel Tablet and its 64 bits
Google has reportedly been trying to migrate to 64-bit for a long time; however, the compatibility of the apps seems to be the big brake that prevents it from taking the leap.
Many of the apps hosted on the Play Store maintain a 32-bit architecture. It is true that they are less and less and the use of processors for Android compatible with this architecture has been clearly reduced in recent years.
Interesting: “Move tangor to 64-bit only”
Tangor, the rumored Pixel Tablet, may ship with a 64-bit-only build of Android 13. That should reduce memory use, but it means the tablet won’t be able to run any 32-bit apps.https://t .co/C3d3Y5pS24 pic.twitter.com/1SKh3pPcG6
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) August 16, 2022
However, closing the door to this software could permeate the experience of many users and developers, which would naturally turn into unearned dollars for Google.
Android 12 and Andrid 13 already offer the possibility of accepting only 64-bit systems. With this in mind, it would not be surprising that the Pixel Tablet will arrive with this architecture in favor of improving its performance. For now, we just have to wait to find out if the operating system is ready to adopt this architecture one hundred percent.