Android 14: These four invisible changes make the user experience much more enjoyable

Android 14 is currently only available on Google Pixels. Early adopters say they’re already seeing big improvements in overheating and battery life. It also provides better control over notifications and even taskbar easier to customize.

Many changes that seem like nothing a priori but underline the situationemphasis on performance optimization. On X (formerly Twitter), Mishaal Rahman explains Four changes invisible to the naked eyebut still important.

Android 14 emphasizes memory and energy resource management

“Here are four ways Android 14 improves performance and memory efficiency,” says Mr. Rahman.

• freezing cached apps

Android 14 freezes unused apps for a while and was cached. It then doesn’t give them any CPU time. During the Android 14 testing phase, Google developers found that “cached processes consume up to 50% fewer CPU cycles compared to devices running Android 13.”

• broadcast optimization

Publications messages sent to applications between themor by the operating system that notifies different programs live of changes that occur when the device starts up, the network connection changes, or when you install or uninstall an application. To ensure frozen apps don’t “wake up” when receiving broadcasts, Android 14 places them in the queue.

Developers were able to “reduce cold starts” by caching more applications. Speed ​​performance will vary depending on the amount of RAM your smartphone has, but overall users should find apps opening faster than ever with this update.

• Android 14 runtime will reduce code size by “9.3% on average without impacting performance”