After recent changes in Android Open Source Platform-code recently revealed that Google’s next major Android update will replace the Dalvik runtime with ART, xda-developers has discovered new information about the next version of Android that might be announced at Google I/O this week. According to recent merges in the AOSP master branch, the latest version of Android-will come with 64-bit support. Following Apple, which introduced the 64-bit A7 processor last year, Android makers will also use 64-bit chips starting in-2014, with Google including support in future versions of Android for the new chips. Intel has already modified Android to support 64-bit chips. This isn’t the first report indicating that Android will support 64-bit processors. An Android Police report detailing the



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