Lightweight Angry Birds version planned for low-power devices

By Chris Davies
on 19 Nov, 2010

The developer of Angry Birds, Rovio Mobile, has announced that it will be producing a second version of the madly popular game intended for low-power Android devices. According to the company’s blog, some Android device owners are experiencing performance issues, with their handsets unable to cope with the game’s processing requirements.

“We are aware that a number of our fans have had trouble running the game on their devices. For example, some older and lower performance Android devices are experiencing severe performance issues. We are preparing a new solution for the next update … This does not mean lighter gameplay or a lesser amount of levels, but a game experience optimized for devices with less processing power.” Rovio Mobile

As a result, there’s a long list of devices not officially supported, and Rovio says anything running under Android 1.6 or on custom firmware is also not supported. We’re guessing when they mention the HTC G2 in this list, they mean the G2 Magic not the more recent handset.