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recently, the golden label alliance of domestic mobile phone manufacturers finally issued an ultimatum to 32-bit apps.

oppo, vivo, and xiaomi, members of the gold label alliance, have officially notified all developers that starting from september 2, all 32-bit apps will be removed from the app stores, and everyone is required to complete 64-bit adaptation as soon as possible. however, data shows that there are still more than 4,000 32-bit apps that have not been upgraded in the major app stores.

this also means that in the future, there will probably be no more 32-bit apps in the domestic application market, and it will have to be fully upgraded to 64-bit.

on this day, apple was seven years behind apple. as early as 2017, apple had already upgraded all its apps from 32-bit to 64-bit. at that time, apple directly required app developers to upgrade, and if they did not, they would be removed from the shelves, forcing all apps to upgrade.

what is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit apps? the difference is huge.

first of all, when the processor of arm v9 instruction set runs 32-bit application, the super core cannot be called and can only run 32-bit in compatible mode. so when running 32-bit app, the power consumption of soc is very large.

qualcomm's chips no longer support 32-bit apps since snapdragon 8 gen 3, and have completely switched to pure 64-bit cores, making 32-bit apps unusable.

therefore, if it is still a 32-bit app, it cannot be used on some mobile phones, and will flash back, crash, etc. at the same time, 64-bit app can call larger memory, can get a smoother application experience, and reduce power consumption.

in addition, the android 15 system restricts the installation of 32-bit apps. in order to allow the installation of 32-bit apps, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have also made some modifications to the system.

therefore, if 32-bit apps are not supported, it is also a good thing for mobile phone manufacturers. the power consumption is lower, the system is simpler, no additional modifications or restrictions are required, and the user experience is better.

in fact, since 2021, domestic android phone manufacturers have been notifying app manufacturers to upgrade, abandon 32-bit apps and upgrade to 64-bit apps.

but the android ecosystem is complex, with all kinds of apps, and it does not necessarily obey the calls of manufacturers. after all, it is an open source system. if i don't list it in your store, you can also put it on the official website for download.

so after two or three years, there are still many legacy apps that remain in 32-bit and have not been fully upgraded to 64-bit. according to statistics, there are at least more than 4,000 of them.

based on its strong control over the ecosystem, apple requires that all apps listed on the appstore must be upgraded to 64-bit, otherwise they will be directly removed from the shelves, causing app manufacturers to dare not disobey.

this is probably the reason why apple dares to charge a 30% apple tax, because apple's ecosystem is indeed better than android's, its control is stronger, and the quality of its ecosystem is indeed higher. at least seven years ago, there were no 32-bit apps like this.