Currently, Android apps run in something called the Dalvik. Dalvik is a process virtual machine, and you can read up on it here. It’s basically how Android apps run on our phones. It allows the same ...

The next major version of Android, which will probably be unveiled at Google I/O next week, will remove the Dalvik runtime and replace it with ART -- the new Android Runtime. The main purpose of ART ...

Throughout the rapid and tumultuous history of Android, which is now five years old, almost every aspect of the OS has been changed, updated, or overhauled in some way. Everything, that is, except for ...

A huge advantage that devices powered by the Android operating system have over virtually every other OS is the use of a virtual machine in which apps run. Yes, virtual machines, but we’ll get to ...

The next version of Google Android will likely include a major change that average users won’t notice at all… unless they notice that apps generally run more quickly. Google has been working on ...

For as long as Android has been around the operating system has relied on the Dalvik virtual machine as the platform apps run on. Now it looks like Google is getting to replace Dalvik with a new ...

Google is dropping the Dalvik runtime for ART, which will make the Android system work faster and become more energy efficient. The runtime handles the decompilation of all Android apps in real time.

One of the lesser known features of Android 4.4 was a new runtime called ART which should eventually replace the Dalvik runtime. The folks over at Android Police have a thorough comparison examining ...

Over the weekend, I spent some time with the Nexus 5 running both on Dalvik and on ART. So I figured, that I should probably put together a nice post detailing how well it works for typical users like ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. It’s (almost) official: Google will eschew the Dalvik virtual machine for ART in the next release of Android.