How to know if a smartphone is 32 or 64 bits so you can continue playing Pokémon Go on it

Jan. 13 (Portaltic/EP) –

Niantic has announced that the augmented reality video game for mobile Pokémon Go will leave to function in the Android devices with 32-bit architecture with the next update, which will force you to switch to a more recent smartphone to be able to access the account and continue playing.

The development studio has this month recovered an announcement that it initially made in June 2020: the end of Pokémon Go compatibility on older 32-bit Android devices. “With this measure, we will be able to optimize our development process and focus our resources on new operating systems and technologies“he explains in a statement shared on his official blog.

Compatibility will end with the next video game update, which It does not affect 64-bit Android smartphones or iOS devices. This means that players will not be able to access their Pokémon GO account from a 32-bit Android mobile, so to continue playing, they will need to switch to a new device.

Niantic announced in mid-June 2020 that it would stop allowing access to Pokémon Go from Android smartphones with 32-bit architecture, although a few days later it announced that paralyzed this decisionwhich was initially going to be implemented at the beginning of August of that year, to analyze the impact it would have on the players.

Among the smartphones that will no longer be compatible with Pokémon Go are Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, Note 3, J3; Sony Xperia Z2, Z3; Motorola Moto G (1st generation). In general, Android devices released before 2015.

The end of compatibility will be done in phases. Affected Android devices that have downloaded the game from the Samsung Galaxy Store will lose compatibility starting in March 2025, and those that have downloaded the game from the Google Play Store will do so three months later.

HOW TO KNOW IF AN ANDROID SMARTPHONE IS 32 OR 64 BIT

32 or 64 bit data refers to the architecture of the smartphone processor, specifically, the information processing capacity. A 64-bit chip will manage greater amounts of information than a 32-bit chip.

Many Android phones allow us to know which processor is integrated into the smartphone we use, within the settings or configuration, where you can find the section ‘About device’ or similar.

If this information is not found on the smartphone itself, There are applications that help to know the internal configuration of the mobile phone and that allow you to know all the details of the device’s CPU.