Google will stop supporting 32-bit Android apps on its store

As part of a new Google campaign to clean and optimize its Android App Store for smartphones, the company announced that it would stop supporting 32-bit apps as of August 1, so to support 64-bit applications only on smartphones.

The company will not remove all apps from the store, but all developers who update their apps will need to upgrade to a 64-bit architecture to be accepted and no new 64-bit apps will be accepted. However, the company said that it would support 32-bit gaming applications in a single case, containing Unity 5.6 by August 2021, and that 32-bit processing would be completely shut down.

Of course, upcoming updates include phone apps, while smart clock apps and the Android TV system will continue to support the 32-bit version, especially since they do not take support 64-bit architecture.