New ARM Mali GPUs Can Be Updated via Play Store

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 765 and 765G chipsets in December 2019. Qualcomm The new mobile processors attracted attention with their updatable graphics processors as well as the superior gaming features they support.

Driver updates for graphics processors are traditionally delivered with OTA updates. Qualcomm, on new chipsets discovered a new way to deliver more frequent updates. Drivers for Qulacomm's processors can now be updated more frequently through application stores. 

Xiaomi was the first manufacturer to update the graphics processor via the application store

Chinese smartphone manufacturer XiaomiAt the beginning of this year, it sent a graphics processor update to the Mi 10 series and Redmi K30 Pro models through the application stores, becoming the first smartphone manufacturer to update through this application store. Following Xiaomi, ARM announced similar support for Mali GPUs found in MediaTek, Huawei's processor manufacturer HiSilicon and Samsung's processor manufacturer Exynos mobile processors. 

Smartphones, just like computersn graphics processors Updates available for; It is used to fix bugs, improve graphics performance or add new features of OpenGL or Vulkan APIs. Manufacturers can push updates for GPU drivers faster and more frequently through app stores, independent of system updates, since OTA updates are a months-long process to perfect. 

ARM's new Mali GPUs will also be updateable via the app store

Mobile graphics processor manufacturer ARM published a new blog post Mali GPUs announced that driver updates can now be made via application stores. ARM did not explain which graphics processors would receive this support in its statement. 

of ARM The first graphics processor to have drivers that will be updated via the application store is thought to be the Mali-G78 GPU, introduced with the Cortex-A78 CPU architecture. It is also expected that the Mali-G78 GPU will be included in the mobile platforms of MediaTek, Samsung and Huawei. From this list, only Huawei's possibility of not being able to use Mali-G78 due to ongoing US sanctions seems more difficult than its competitors. 

Featured in flagship chipsets such as Samsung Exynos 990 and MediaTek Dimensity 1000/1000L Mali-G77 Mali GPUs such as have been unable to keep up with the performance of their competitors in Qualcomm's Adreno series. GPUs that can be updated through app stores may change this situation. 

ARM announces Android GPU Inspector to improve game graphics performance

ARM offers an open-source profiling tool that will enable Mali GPUs to be optimized for higher frame rates and graphics performance to improve gaming performance, as well as the ability to be updated via app stores. Android GPU Inspector announced for game developers. 

According to ARM's statement, Samsung Galaxy S10, Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Samsung Galaxy S20 and Google Pixel 4 were tested by Android GPU Inspector. will be supported devices some of them were announced.