He makes clear that Android will treat RISC-V as a high-priority architecture, right on par with the current standard used by almost every phone, ARMv8.

Why Arm is so important for smartphones All Android smartphones and all Apple iPhones use CPUs based on the Arm Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). An ISA defines the instruction set and outlines ...

Lars Bergstrom, Android's director of engineering, wants RISC-V to be seen as a "tier-1 platform" in Android, which would put it on par with Arm. That's a big change from just six months ago.