Android developers have until February 2027 to get leaner or risk consequences on Google Play.
Google is introducing new Play Store thresholds covering runtime memory, bitmap usage and code optimization. Apps that repeatedly exceed the limits could lose visibility or face restrictions on publishing updates, putting new pressure on developers to reduce the amount of memory their software consumes.
The requirements arrive as Android devices face competing demands for RAM, including increasingly memory-hungry AI features and higher costs for memory components. Google is also changing Android’s own memory management, making app efficiency a bigger…
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