Google announced the release of Android 8. 0 Oreo, which is designed for devices with 512 MB of RAM or 1 GB. This version was announced at the Google I / O conference in May, and the other day it becomes available to device manufacturers and application developers around the world called Android Oreo Go Edition. The purpose of this system is to make it available to more users around the world. Manufacturers of devices and applications can start installing the system on smartphones and tablets, it is assumed that the lighter version of Android will use less memory, less volume on the hard drive - about half as much as it was for Android 7.

0 Nougat, and in general - to show better performance on budget devices (according to the company, the application speed is increased by 15%). For Android Oreo Go, special light versions of popular applications have been created: Google Go, Google Maps Go, Gmail Go, YouTube Go, Google Assistant Go, Files Go, Gboard and so on. In the Google Play store, a special section will be added with lightweight versions of applications for this version of the operating system.

Original article: Google releases Android version for low-power devices.