Google’s Aluminium OS – More Android RAM Issues on PCs?

I'm already locked in on this one. Android has a real problem with vendors and ads pushing excessive RAM usage. There's almost no proper way to stop apps from running in the background, and the old line "free RAM is a waste" just doesn't help when you can't open multiple apps without everything slowing down.

On Windows 11 PC, 4GB RAM is still useful and one can open a few apps without hanging or unresponsive UI. But on Android 13 and above, you can basically only use one app at a time comfortably. Some companies try to fix it with lite editions of Android, but those are mostly useful only for web apps designated as lite versions.

Old SoCs get recycled into cheap devices, but actual old phones get abandoned fast with poor support. New phones rarely deliver the hardware value they used to. And now Google is adding another layer with Aluminium OS – an Android-based desktop system for laptops and PCs launching in 2026.

From the official site, it merges Android and ChromeOS features. You'll get millions of Android apps running with proper desktop multitasking, Gemini AI deeply integrated, Linux containers, and cross-device sync with your phone. Minimum spec is 4GB RAM, with 8GB strongly recommended. That already feels familiar and worrying.

Honestly, it makes me wonder if the same background process issues, ad-driven stuff, and resource management quirks from Android will just carry over to bigger screens. Regular users can't even easily test ChromeOS on a normal PC today – will Aluminium OS be any more open? Or are more constraints coming for people on low-end hardware?

It looks like old hardware tricks are repeating while new devices struggle to justify the price. Not sure this solves the real pain points.

What do you think?

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