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Google has revealed that the memory requirements for Android TV are going down, with new devices needing just 1GB of RAM to run the platform.
Android TV exists in two forms – the Android TV experience that launched in 2014 as well as the Google TV experience that launched in 2020. Both coexist at this point, though there’s been an obvious shift towards Google TV in recent years. It seems, though, that one reason Android TV may stick around is for very low-end devices, as Google has made some adjustments recently.
In a change submitted to AOSP, Google has lowered the RAM requirement for Android TV to just 1GB, down from the previous 1.5GB requirement. The change was spotted by Android Authority, which cites sources that say Google is working on “optimizations” for Android TV that would improve the experience with this minimal amount of memory.
