The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro now only support 64-bit apps. The Pixel 7 series is now the first Android phone to be 64-bit-only. This should provide a number of improvements like reduced memory usage ...

"What nobody noticed was that the Pixel 7 is also dropping 64-bit app support, so its release yesterday is taking a big step toward Android's 64-bit-only future." Little typo to point out here, I ...

Google today officially confirmed that the “Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are the first Android phones to support only 64-bit apps” and detailed the benefits. By dropping support for 32-bit code and Android ...

The recent release of Chrome 89 brought with it one super-useful upgrade for a number of Android users: an official 64-bit version of the browser, which Google claims is “up to 8.5% faster to load ...

Linaro, the open-source development consortium for Linux on ARM architecture, is working on software, tools and drivers that could hasten the release of 64-bit Android. The move is significant because ...

ARM tells CNET that the shift to 64-bit devices is taking place faster than expected. Part of the reason is that even 32-bit code runs faster on ARM's newest 64-bit chips. Brooke Crothers writes about ...

Intel has completed work on a 64-bit version of Android OS for x86 smartphones, and the software will be ready to load on handsets with its upcoming Atom 64-bit chip code-named Merrifield. Intel has ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...