Android used to only use FAT32 because of licensing reasons. exFAT was officially supported natively in Android 13. You might be bumping up against the filesize limit in FAT32.

However, some types of apps, like high-quality 3D interactive games, require more local resources. So today, we’re expanding the Android app size limit to 4GB.

While you can’t access a handful of system-level files, the operating system still grants you plenty of control. Here’s a quick guide on how to navigate your Android phone’s storage folders.

From managing files on your phone to seamlessly syncing folders with your computer, this guide will turn you into a certified Android file master.

All devices launching with Android 13 or later will have to use Huawei’s EROFS file system format for read-only partitions if they want to ship with access to Google’s services and the Play Store.