sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 25 days agoGoogle embraces the future, mandates 64-bit apps for Wear OSwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up123
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minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·25 days agoWhat you need 64bits for on a watch
minus-squaremerci3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agofrom my understading, a smartwatch is the exact case scenario of a device that needs to be converted to 64 bit only as soon as possible, the reason being the Y2K38 bug.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoThat same page says those systems can use 64-bit signed integer to store date time even on 32bit systems.
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoIts harder to make that change (reliably) to your app than it is to publish a arm64 package. Its also expensive in terms of cpu cycle waste.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoThey discuss in the article
What you need 64bits for on a watch
from my understading, a smartwatch is the exact case scenario of a device that needs to be converted to 64 bit only as soon as possible, the reason being the Y2K38 bug.
That same page says those systems can use 64-bit signed integer to store date time even on 32bit systems.
Its harder to make that change (reliably) to your app than it is to publish a arm64 package.
Its also expensive in terms of cpu cycle waste.
They discuss in the article