diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt b/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt
index f7a7603944f6e..3051d8056a89e 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimator.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.systemui.animation
 import android.animation.Animator
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter
 import android.animation.ValueAnimator
+import android.app.ActivityManager
 import android.app.Dialog
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.graphics.Rect
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ private const val TAG = "DialogLaunchAnimator"
 class DialogLaunchAnimator @JvmOverloads constructor(
     private val dreamManager: IDreamManager,
     private val launchAnimator: LaunchAnimator = LaunchAnimator(TIMINGS, INTERPOLATORS),
-    private var isForTesting: Boolean = false
+    // TODO(b/217621394): Remove special handling for low-RAM devices after animation sync is fixed
+    private var forceDisableSynchronization: Boolean = ActivityManager.isLowRamDeviceStatic()
 ) {
     private companion object {
         private val TIMINGS = ActivityLaunchAnimator.TIMINGS
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ class DialogLaunchAnimator @JvmOverloads constructor(
                 dialog = dialog,
                 animateBackgroundBoundsChange,
                 animatedParent,
-                isForTesting
+                forceDisableSynchronization
         )
 
         openedDialogs.add(animatedDialog)
@@ -187,10 +189,9 @@ private class AnimatedDialog(
     private val parentAnimatedDialog: AnimatedDialog? = null,
 
     /**
-     * Whether we are currently running in a test, in which case we need to disable
-     * synchronization.
+     * Whether synchronization should be disabled, which can be useful if we are running in a test.
      */
-    private val isForTesting: Boolean
+    private val forceDisableSynchronization: Boolean
 ) {
     /**
      * The DecorView of this dialog window.
@@ -420,8 +421,9 @@ private class AnimatedDialog(
      * (or inversely, removed from the UI when the touch surface is made visible).
      */
     private fun synchronizeNextDraw(then: () -> Unit) {
-        if (isForTesting || !touchSurface.isAttachedToWindow || touchSurface.viewRootImpl == null ||
-            !decorView.isAttachedToWindow || decorView.viewRootImpl == null) {
+        if (forceDisableSynchronization ||
+                !touchSurface.isAttachedToWindow || touchSurface.viewRootImpl == null ||
+                !decorView.isAttachedToWindow || decorView.viewRootImpl == null) {
             // No need to synchronize if either the touch surface or dialog view is not attached
             // to a window.
             then()
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt
index b951345a145bf..61e78f5cb2fce 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/DialogLaunchAnimatorTest.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DialogLaunchAnimatorTest : SysuiTestCase() {
     @Before
     fun setUp() {
         dialogLaunchAnimator = DialogLaunchAnimator(
-            dreamManager, launchAnimator, isForTesting = true)
+            dreamManager, launchAnimator, forceDisableSynchronization = true)
     }
 
     @After