[Software] Google prepares the hibernation of applications in Android 12

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Google is working on a feature that will allow unused applications to go into hibernation to free up space, and that will arrive with the next version of its mobile operating system, Android 12.

   The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code shows some changes, picked up by XDA Developers, which introduce a new feature, an unused application hibernate mode.

   Hibernation, as the code explains, is "a state that applications can enter, which means that they are not being actively used and that they can be optimized for storage."

 

   The AOSP code does not provide more information on the number of applications that can go into hibernation mode, if the user can manage it manually or if it is set automatically based on application usage statistics.

   This hibernate mode is expected to arrive with Android 12, whose first preview version could arrive in February, if you follow the steps of Android 11.