Android Go will give budget handsets a boost
If you're on a budget, can't use a lot of mobile data, or just like to keep things simple, a super-powered smartphone like the Galaxy S8 or Google Pixel XL doesn't make a lot of sense. There's an enormous worldwide market of users with limited budgets and limited data access. At its Google I/O conference, the company announced Android Go, a configuration of Android aimed squarely at budget handset markets.
You might remember Android One a couple years ago, a similar effort that focused on low-priced phones. This time around, instead of focusing on the phones themselves, Google is sticking to what it knows best-software. Android Go is a configuration of Android O that's optimized for smartphones with just 512MB to 1GB of RAM and will activate automatically when installed ...