One of the most important applications or systems on Android, and also the most invisible, is WebView. This is a component that allows you to view web content and open web pages directly from an application, without having to access the installed browser to view this content.
This is something key in Google’s system and we discovered that with Android 15 it will be even better. The reason is that Google is working on a way to anchor certain WebView systems to the mobile’s RAM so that access is much faster. The translation? Well Web pages that use WebView will load much faster.
It will be like putting a thumbtack on WebView
The loading speed of applications on phones is not currently a serious problem. The reason is that we have cell phones in all ranges, with enough power to perform any type of daily tasks, plenty of RAM memory and, in addition, increasingly efficient modems.
However, Everything can always go a little faster, especially in the mid-range and entry-level. It is in this segment that we see slower memories, which directly affects the opening of applications when we talk about storage and when retrieving cached data when we talk about RAM.
It’s because of it Google has a service called PinnerService that allows you to pin certain tasks, or key elements of a task, so that it is quicker to return to it after it is closed. An example is the camera, which can store some of its data in this service so that its reactivation is a little faster. This also works with other major system components and was introduced with Android 7.0.
Well, what the ever-reliable Mishaal Rahman discovered, and which we can read via Android Police, is that Google will be able to anchor part of the WebView system from Android 15
This is the case for Facebook (the example you see just above these lines) or any RSS reader. What Rahman discovered while investigating the Android 15 DP1 code is a command called “pinWebview”, which indicates the possibility that system can pin WebView processes in PinnerService for later openingura.
This will theoretically allow open web pages that use WebView faster. This is something to note on mobile phones of all ranges, since the current amount of RAM memory is not a problem, but despite this, Android is quite careful when using this RAM to never reach the limit and , for this reason, it will close the processes.
In mid-range and entry-level mobile phones which also have somewhat slower memories, This process can be of great help
Undoubtedly, if it comes to fruition, it will be an interesting change that will help make mobile navigation more agile, but as Rahman himself points out (and which we also know from our experience), It is not because this function is active in Android 15 DP1 that it will arrive as is in the final version of the system. And be careful, it’s also possible that some manufacturers don’t want to use this and don’t use PinnerService to pin WebView services.
In any case, if it is something that can bring more speed and agility to the use of the mobile phone on a daily basis, it is welcome. And what’s good about diving into these very first versions of Android is that we discover interesting new features like the one mentioned above or the new notification management.
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