Rovio making a ‘lightweight’ Angry Birds for low-end Android devices
Spells out the devices that are not officially supported at present
In response to continued performance complaints from low-end Android device owners, Rovio has promised a second “lightweight” version of Angry Birds for the platform.
Despite a lengthy period of beta testing and a final game that ran very well on a good spread of capable Android devices, many users with less capable devices have experienced poor performance.
The latest update attempted to support more of these handsets, but seemed to create general performance issues of its own.
The developer has released a list of devices that are “not officially supported by (the current version of) Angry Birds.” These are as follows:
- Droid Eris
- HTC Dream
- HTC Hero/T-Mobile G2 Touch
- HTC Magic/Sapphire/Mytouch 3G
- HTC Tattoo
- HTC Wildfire
- Huawei Ideos/U8150
- LG Ally/Aloha/VS740
- LG GW620/Eve
- Motorola Backflip/MB300
- Motorola Cliq/Dext
- Samsung Acclaim
- Samsung Moment/M900
- Samsung Spica/i5700
- Samsung Transform
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini
- T-Mobile G1
Bad luck for owners of these devices. The good news is that you’ll soon have a new version to call your own.
“So far, we have hesitated to create multiple versions of Angry Birds for the Android platform” admits Rovio on its blog, “But judging by the feedback we have received, we feel that by providing a lightweight solution, we are doing a favour for our fans.”
The developer is keen to point out that, “this does not mean lighter gameplay or a lesser amount of levels, but a game experience optimized for devices with less processing power.”
No timeframe has been placed on the completion of this new version, but we’ll bring you news as and when we get it.
