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Google is tightening its rules for Android apps, with developers facing new memory and performance requirements from February 2027 as the company moves to stop apps from consuming excessive amounts of a phone’s RAM, which is basically your phone’s or computer’s short-term working memory.

Google is implementing stricter memory management requirements for Android apps as global semiconductor shortages – intensified by booming demand for AI data center components – disrupt hardware availability. The company unveiled two revised app quality standards emphasizing efficient memory allocation and streamlined code execution.

A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticizing the Pentagon.