Android Developers Blog · Android · 2026-08-19
Preparing your app for broader memory limits
Posted by Blair Harmon, Director of Product Management, Android Platform A great user experience is central to Android's mission, and delivering on that promise requires keeping devices fast, responsive, and reliable. This is why memory optimization is more critical than ever. Across the ecosystem, new devices are maintaining or even decreasing their physical memory capacity in response to memory price increases, yet users continue to expect the same seamless, high-performance app experience. In Android 17, we introduced per-app memory limits , starting with Pixel devices, to help protect the overall user experience from applications using excess memory and causing system-wide…
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