I just found out that the Galaxy A10s I bought for my dad is actually running 32bit Android. I found this out by accident when running the DevCheck app. The chipset itself is 64bit, but Samsung put 32bit ver of Android on it. This is just confusing.
Now luckily app compatibility will be fine at least for a bit. But there are devs that already decided to drop support for 32bit Android. The annoying part is that the hardware itself is 64bit capable. This is very confusing for customers. It reminds me the early days of Windows 64bit, where most PCs have 64bit hardware but are running 32bit Windows. Google already requiring devs to submit 64bit apps, and ARM will only support 64bit by 2022, so I have a feeling the days are near for 32bit Android. Really annoying since this is not an old phone at all, and no indication in the box nor marketing materials about the OS installed being 32bit.
Oh well, just a rant. Wish Google and the OEMs are more transparent about it by stating it on the box at least.
Now luckily app compatibility will be fine at least for a bit. But there are devs that already decided to drop support for 32bit Android. The annoying part is that the hardware itself is 64bit capable. This is very confusing for customers. It reminds me the early days of Windows 64bit, where most PCs have 64bit hardware but are running 32bit Windows. Google already requiring devs to submit 64bit apps, and ARM will only support 64bit by 2022, so I have a feeling the days are near for 32bit Android. Really annoying since this is not an old phone at all, and no indication in the box nor marketing materials about the OS installed being 32bit.
Oh well, just a rant. Wish Google and the OEMs are more transparent about it by stating it on the box at least.