Google's new Pixel 9 Pro models reserve part of their 16GB RAM exclusively for AI features. I figured out how much.
  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    If apps and the OS weren’t such ram/storage hogs, this would be plenty. Like does the Home Depot app really need half a gig or more? 🙄

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zipEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      id imagine some apps are just running on electron or some microbrowser, so theyre fuctionally browsers and come with some of the memory penalties from running with said sdks. not many conpanies want to design something from the bottom up.

      • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        It’s shitty coding and the app stores should reject this garbage and tell the dev to ship it as a web app. If you’re going to ship an entire web browser with every app, then what’s the point of it being an app?

        See also apps that bundle twenty different frameworks and then use maybe one or two percent of what’s bundled. 🙄

        • stankmut@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          4 months ago

          You most likely wouldn’t be shipping an entire web browser with the app. You would use the Webview component (or similar) which just uses the Android System WebView system app that should already be on the phone.

    • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Not sure, it could be allocated in the firmware, kind of like integrated GPUs on desktop/laptop processors. For example my Amd 6800HS laptop with 16GB RAM has only 14 available because the GPU takes up 2GB (but I can change it in BIOS)

  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    I was going to say NBD, 3GB is a decent bit for the OS, but 13 should be fine for anything you want on your phone.

    But most of it is for shitty LLM nonsense? Fuck that.