The storage of a Google Pixel 4 has constantly been a problem, for many years smartphones have not necessarily been equipped with a sufficient amount of internal storage or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. However, for some time now, the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to take an interest in the RAM component, this other kind of memory is almost as important as the internal memory of your phone. We are going to help you in this article if you have any questions on this topic.
In this guide you will learn how to check the RAM memory of its Google Pixel 4? In this context, we will first show you what is the interest of the RAM of your phone, then, how to know the RAM of your Google Pixel 4 , and, finally, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your phone.
What is RAM on a Google Pixel 4 for?
We start this article by briefly teaching you what is and what is the RAM on a Google Pixel 4 for. This term actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it allows store the data that the processor needs in the short term. In particular, it will allow you to run different applications simultaneously, it is this that will therefore keep in memory all the essential data to keep applications in the background. If you play greedy games which require a lot of resources and computation on the side of the processor, it is the RAM that will take over and allow the processor to have all the files available.
A large amount of RAM memory will be essential to have high performance on your Google Pixel 4. However, it's a bit like everything, after a certain volume your processor will not be powerful enough to use it and you will suddenly have unused memory. It is therefore necessary to find the right compromise between processor power and the amount of RAM. This year, the most powerful phones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM which is more important than many PCs!
How to know the RAM of your Google Pixel 4?
We now move on to the verification part, which probably interests you the most, and, for that, we will now present to you how to find out everything about the RAM of your Google Pixel 4. In this context, to begin with, we will show you how to know the amount of RAM installed on your phone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on my Google Pixel 4?
We start suddenly with the process to find out the amount of RAM integrated in your Google Pixel 4. You will have understood it, the more the RAM volume is important, the more the processor will be able to accomplish tasks, to let some run. others in the background without feeling any latency or slowdown. There are two solutions to access this data:
- Quite simply from the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 4
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Locate the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Google Pixel 4, this may be significantly different, however, this is the menu in which you will be able to observe the consumption of the various critical points of your phone ( battery, RAM, storage ...)
- Once in this menu, you will have to locate the "Memory" indicator and see the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM with which your Google Pixel 4 is equipped.
- By using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , small application that allows you to retrieve a large amount of details on your smartphone
- Open the application
- Go to the top tab "Device"
- You will get the amount of RAM installed on your Google Pixel 4 in the section "Total RAM"
How to control the RAM usage of Google Pixel 4?
To find out the RAM usage of your Google Pixel 4 and to know if it saturates or if you still have the margin, there are also two options which are almost the same as those we have just seen in the previous part. This is a test that can be rewarding to understand why your Google Pixel 4 is causing you to experience latencies. Let's go:
- Going through your phone settings
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- In the "Device maintenance" menu, identify the "Memory" indicator
- You will have a ratio as well as a progress bar that gives you the amount of memory used
- Using CPU-Z
- Open CPU-Z
- Go to the tab "Device"
- In "Available RAM" you will find out the amount of RAM available on your Google Pixel 4, as well as a percentage to make it easier for you to interpret
If you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having a lot of running applications, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your Google Pixel 4 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Google Pixel 4?
If you realize that your RAM is regularly full, it is quite legitimate to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Google Pixel 4 ? Unfortunately on Phone this opportunity is impossible… You will therefore have to better manage your uses, close the applications that you do not use, or switch to a more powerful phone.
If you ever want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Google Pixel 4, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 4.
