It is not that storage has become a serious problem for Android users right now, but it is true that applications are taking up more and more space on our phone. That is why Android 12 is working on a tool to end this “excess” of MB.
With the successive versions of Google software, the company seems to be expanding the concept of “unused applications” of Android 11 with the new function of hibernation of applications that, in addition to automatically revoking the permissions for the applications not used as it happens in The current version of the operating system, Android 12 will also delete temporary files to free up storage space .
In the code dive for the latest versions of the software a new section called ” Unused Applications ” has been located on the “Application Information” page for each application, and contains a new option to “remove permissions and free up space” . In comparison, Android 11’s “automatically revoke permissions” option (later renamed to “remove permissions if app is not used”) can be found on the “App permissions” subpage of the “App info” page. This relocation makes sense as the new switch takes care of both permissions and storage rather than just permissions.
After we manually hibernate some applications, the “unused applications” page will show applications that have not been opened in a few months and their description indicates if the permissions have been revoked, notifications have been paused and if temporary files have been deleted if an application has not been used for some time.
Hibernate to save
This app hibernate feature will clear cache and remove build items to free up storage space on mobile. Neither of these actions will free up a space of several GB but it depends exactly on which application is hibernating and how many kinds of cached files have been cached, it will save more or less.
Of course, it is a tool that will greatly benefit those users with low-end devices with less storage that will be able to gain a little space to house their photos, their games or whatever they need.
Of course, until the official version of Android 12 is released, we will not be able to see how it works and, above all, how much memory we can free from the operating system.
Source> XDA Developers