One of the things that every smartphone owner hates is bloatware, and although we have seen many improvements in the operating system, many things still need to be addressed. Thankfully, Android 14 appears to have a feature that allows you to get rid of bloatware, and not just that, this new discovery could actually help with the battery life of the phone, as well.
Android 14's feature to manage resources could improve battery life and resource management a lot on Android devices
Mishaal Rahman talked about how Android 14 has a feature that can reduce memory and battery usage of all the pre-installed apps. The OS is capable of scanning system partitions once you boot up the phone. During that process, if there is an app with "exported launcher activity" that is found in the scan, the app will be put in the "STOPPED" state until the user opens it.
Mishaal explains this further, “this means that many preloaded apps that are launchable by the user won’t consume system resources until the user actually launches them." He also talked about how Google describes this Android 14 feature as something that “significantly reduces the system resource (for example, memory or battery) usage.”
As far as this feature is concerned, Google has plans to enable this in the Android Open Source Project, and it will allow all Android OEMs to opt out of it, as well. OEMs will also have the option to opt in and even add specific preloaded apps to an allowlist so they can consume the system resources without having to go through the launching process. Rahman also mentioned how the Google Mobile Services bundle that makes its way to several OEMs actually has several stock Google apps that are already in the allowlist, which makes sense since Google apps are essential for any Android phone.
The point here is that if this feature is implemented properly by all OEMs, we will see many improvements in how Android phones running Android 14 and future versions behave. We just have to wait and see if these features actually make their way to the final version of Android.
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About the author: I have been tinkering with Android devices ever since the early days of the HTC Desire. Over time, I have grown a fondness for the ecosystem and now I cannot live without it. Although some might believe that I have sold my soul to Android, but I believe it is not the case. You can find me writing tutorials and posting guides on a number of different smartphones. When I am not writing here, I am wasting myself away in books, journals, or on Steam.
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