Google's Android 15 Requires Phones To Have At Least 32 GB Storage: Report

Google's Android 15 operating system will not run on smartphones with less than 32 GB of storage space, according to a report by Android Authority.

The report, published on Monday, suggested that the tech giant's latest OS will only run on phones that have a flash storage of 32 GB or more with at least 75% of the storage required for data partition.

This will be twice the size of the previous iteration, 'Android 14', which required only half the size, i.e., 16 GB.

The data partition stores the user's applications and files along with other crucial elements like pre-installed system apps and system app data, among others.

The main intention behind this move seems to be to optimise user experiences for those with lower-end smartphones, which make up a major chunk of Android phone sales.

Android 15 will also require smartphones to have at least 4GB of RAM in their devices in order to run , with phones that have 2GB or 3GB of RAM needing to use the 'Android Go Edition', which enables low memory optimisation. The 3GB RAM version now needs to have Android Go in order to receive official certification to have complete access to the new operating system.

The report did note that this change may not increase storage speed since these phones may likely use 'eMMC' storage chips, as they are cheaper than UFS chips and would make it easier on their manufacturing budget.

Android 15 also requires phones to have support for Vulkan 1.3 or higher due to the company announcing it as their official application programming interface. This is in line with Google's efforts to make it easier to port games designed for the personal computer for Android phones.