--- title: 2026 is the year of 'shrinkflation' for Google hardware description: Google hardware in 2026 is experiencing a form of 'shrinkflation' — getting less for the same price — driven by a RAM price crisis and challenges within... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-is-the-year-of-shrinkflation-for-google-hardware-o8liqn7eq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 2026 is the year of 'shrinkflation' for Google hardware | daily.dev og:description: Google hardware in 2026 is experiencing a form of 'shrinkflation' — getting less for the same price — driven by a RAM price crisis and challenges within... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-is-the-year-of-shrinkflation-for-google-hardware-o8liqn7eq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/o8LiQN7Eq.png og:image:alt: 2026 is the year of 'shrinkflation' for Google hardware og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2026 is the year of 'shrinkflation' for Google hardware **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google hardware in 2026 is experiencing a form of 'shrinkflation' — getting less for the same price — driven by a RAM price crisis and challenges within Google's internal chips division, making this an unusual period for the company's hardware lineup. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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