There are still several months to go until the official presentation of Android 13, which is the next version of Google’s mobile operating system, but on the Net, there are rumors that try to anticipate some of what should be its main features.
And in the past few hours, it was Mishaal Rahman who gave us an interesting insight into Android 13, posting on Twitter a screenshot of the AOSP code from which emerges one of the news that the Google developer team would be working on.
With Android 13 coming to a new feature for games
According to what is learned, with Android 13 a feature dedicated to video game enthusiasts should be introduced: in practice, devices launched on the market with this version of the pre-installed operating system could be able to load games faster thanks to a brief increase in CPU speed.
Lesson learned: Take screenshots of AOSP code changes because you never know when Google might make them private.
All I have as evidence of this feature is a screenshot of the tabs I had open before. pic.twitter.com/YngwIOd2LV
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) January 26, 2022
The solution studied by Google is based on a special new API that is set up to allow games to communicate their current operating status to the OS, so that when it is loading, Android reacts by giving a sort of “push” to the management of the power supply and therefore to the CPU for an increase of the speed.
At the moment this feature is called Game Loading and is still being tested with processor manufacturers who will be supplying their own chips for Android 13. According to what is learned, this feature will be integrated into all new devices that will arrive on the market with Android 13 (or a later version) on board and will be implemented in all Google Pixel smartphones that will be updated to this version of the operating system.
On many devices launched before Android 13, therefore, this functionality will not be implemented, as it requires an intervention by the processor manufacturers which, however, are not “obliged” to provide according to the current agreements with Google.