Recent apps after reboot

2wnin

After I power off my phone and turn it back on, I can still see my recently used apps (when I press the square button on the bottom right). Is this expected? Shouldn't these be cleared out after a reboot if the phone is back at rest?

Eagle_Owl

2wnin
Thank you for this excellent question!
I wasn't aware of this behaviour from GOS either, so I tried it right away:
I only restarted my Pixel 7 Pro for this, so I didn't really switch it off (warm start).
I just really shut down my Pixel 8 Pro and after a minute of cold start ...

Conclusion: I have the same new experience as you – all apps are there in RAM.
But: If an app's memory data is password-protected with a pass-phrase as e.g. in Threema messenger (and you are using this feature), then you have to type-in this pass-phrase again.

2wnin

Eagle_Owl Thanks for sharing your experience. I also wanted to add that while I do see my recently used apps (and previews of my activity prior to shutdown... hmm), if I tap on these apps they do restart when I open them. So as @[deleted] said, it must be a pointless Android (not GOS) "feature".

I asked this in the discord too and the response there was essentially that there shouldn't be any security implications, so that was reassuring.

[deleted]

They are not in ram. They just have their status saved to some extent. Its a very shitty android "feature". It has practically no use.

Eagle_Owl

[deleted]
Thanks, haha, my fault.
Of course it's no RAM. It must be internal storage. Works similar as suspend mode on notebooks, I guess.

[deleted]

Yeah but its worse because it doesn't even seem to save the state of the apps. It just puts dead apps in the recents. Or its a very bad implementation if it was supposed to revive them after reboot.