Now that Android 14 has been released on 4th October after a long wait, users may be curious about the changes it brings. While visually similar to its predecessor, Android 14 includes a few tweaks and even more consistent use of Google's 'Material You' design language. However, the most exciting developments are the improvements under the hood.

Android 14 has made a significant improvement in the performance of managing and launching apps. A novel process freezes apps in the cache quicker, emphasizing the processor's usage for active tasks, thus reducing its load.

Moreover, the process prevents frozen apps from automatically activating in the background. These measures not only provide enhanced security, but also potentially improve battery life as no extraneous computing resources are utilised. By halting processes, Android 14 allows for an increased number of cached applications. As a result, apps can be launched more rapidly and with less strain on the processor because they do not need to be restarted completely as often.

Additionally, Android 14 makes significant improvements to the memory requirements of the operating system and system applications. More and more mobile device manufacturers are abandoning memory expansion options, leaving users with just the onboard memory. This becomes especially frustrating when the operating system and its data occupy most of it. Android 14 is set to address this with further optimizations in the Android Runtime sector, resulting in reduced code sizes and a significant decrease in memory demands.

19.10.2023