Xiaomi smartphones update adds virtual gigabytes of RAM

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G smartphone, which is part of the budget series, received a firmware update in the Chinese market, which activates the function of adding RAM to virtual gigabytes at the expense of storage. This option increases the gadget’s RAM by 2 additional gigabytes, but this virtual memory is inferior to the hardware one.

There has been a technology on the market for a long time that allows you to use free space on a drive as virtual RAM when there is a lack of RAM. The conditional disadvantage of this approach is that the storage is significantly slower than the main memory. Therefore, it is impossible to call it an extension of RAM, the most correct definition is addition random access memory.

Translation: “Once memory boost is enabled, the system will provide an additional 2.00 GB of RAM.”

In the case of Windows, this option is called a memory dump, and in the segment of Android devices, a similar function is already available in the OriginOS and FuntouchOS 11 shells from Vivo. Additional virtual gigabytes of RAM are used by the system only when there is a lack of hardware RAM.

Recall that Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G has 6 or 8 GB of RAM (depending on the modification) – apparently, sometimes the MIUI firmware lacks this volume. According to rumors, the function of adding virtual gigabytes of hardware RAM will be a key innovation in MIUI 13, but it will probably not be available to all smartphones. Probably, only models with advanced storage will receive this option – the Chinese version of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G uses UFS 3.1 storage.

You may also like