Virtual ram on Android: what is it and how it works

More and more mobile phones have virtual RAM.We tell you what it is, what phones have it and how you can extend the virtual ram if your smartphone has it.

Virtual RAM is a term that you will hear a lot in the future, because more and more manufacturers are encouraged to introduce it into their smartphones.To go ahead and know what it is, in this guide, we explain what is virtual ram, what mobiles already have it and, if you have one, how can you'enlarge.

The RAM memory of the mobile is something that cannot be physically enlarged, companies like Xiaomi and Vivo have therefore chosen to extend it virtually.This tool, which aims to improve the performance of low -resources terminals, works perfectly.similar to today's computers' exchange file.If with this information you can already imagine what it is, with the following information you will discover it completely.

Thanks to the virtual RAM, you can easily increase the RAM of your mobile.

What is the virtual ram and how it works

The RAM memory of your mobile - random access memory - supports the data that will be necessary in the short term.Unlike internal storage, it is an ultra-fast memory and the behavior of the phone depends directly on it.First, these RAM GOs are occupied by the operating system, the processes it needs to work and other elements.

Then the free GOs are for the data of the applications you use.If this space is wide, you can use many applications with the speed of RAM, as well as keep them in the background to come back quickly.However, if these free RAM GOs are minimal, they are directly occupied by the needs of the operating system, so that the application data must be loaded from zero to each execution, which slows the performance of the performancetelephone.

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To get out of this slowdown in the behavior of low -resources mobiles comes the virtual RAM, which consists in borrowing concerts from internal storage so that the operating system uses them as if they came from RAM.In this way, a better performance of the device.

This execution of applications and games will not be as fast as it was RAM memory as such, but it will allow a more advanced multitasking.Of course, to extend the RAM memory of your mobile, you must have free concerts in the internal storage of the smartphone.

What mobiles have virtual ram

There are already several manufacturers who have introduced this tool into some of their mobiles to offer them better performance.The most recent is Xiaomi, which updated the Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G in China so that users can enjoy it up to 2 GB of RAM in addition.

In this way, users who have the 6 GB version of RAM can extend it to 8 GB, while those who have the 8 GB model of RAM can extend it to 10 GB.The Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G is on sale on versions of 128 GB and 256 GB of internal storage, so it seems easy to find 2 free GB to lend them to the RAM.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro already has virtual RAM in China.

Another manufacturer who opted for the same alternative was OPPO, with a virtual RAM in the Oppo Reno5 with which users can extend RAM memory up to 8 GB by relying on internal storage.On the other hand, Huawei has developed its Memory Turbo, your own virtual RAM system that can extend this type of memory up to 2 GB.

Another Chinese manufacturer who has already implemented virtual RAM in several models has been alive.More specifically, it is the Vivo X60 and the Vivo V21 5G, which can use up to 3 GB of internal memory like RAM.

As you can see, there are already several smartphones that offer the possibility of extending the virtual RAM.Knowing that a giant like Xiaomi was one of the last to join this technology, it seems that the virtual RAM will soon be very widespread in Android mobiles.

How to extend the virtual RAM memory of your Android mobile

If the virtual RAM is already available on your Android mobile, you can most likely activate it from the terminal settings.For example, as we have seen when it was discovered that Xiaomi was preparing this tool, there is a function called "memory extension" to which you can access via the "Settings" application.

Thus, you can extend the virtual RAM of your Xiaomi mobile -if it is available-.

This is the case in the terminals of other manufacturers, who added the corresponding function in the parameter section.If your mobile is from Huawei, find the "Memory Boost" section, while it is live, search "Virtual Ram".As this virtual RAM reaches more and more devices and, above all, being available beyond China, we will update this article to explain the steps to follow at each manufacturer.

Without a doubt, this virtual RAM is an excellent option to improve the performance of the most limited mobiles, especially those that have about 3 or 4 GB of RAM.Will Samsung join this proposal?Only time will show us.

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