diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03a5c523ed..71cae8b0f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 - Add `sendModules` option for disable sending modules ([#2926](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/2926))
 - Send `db.system` and `db.name` in span data for androidx.sqlite spans ([#2928](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/2928))
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Always send memory stats for transactions ([#2936](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/2936))
+  - This makes it possible to query transactions by the `device.class` tag on Sentry
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Gradle from v8.2.1 to v8.3.0 ([#2900](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/2900))
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java
index d74a8b1e2d..9d23d264b0 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java
@@ -132,9 +132,20 @@ public Device collectDeviceInformation(
       device.setProcessorCount(cpuFrequencies.size());
     }
 
+    final @Nullable ActivityManager.MemoryInfo memInfo =
+        ContextUtils.getMemInfo(context, options.getLogger());
+    if (memInfo != null) {
+      // in bytes
+      device.setMemorySize(getMemorySize(memInfo));
+      if (collectDynamicData) {
+        device.setFreeMemory(memInfo.availMem);
+        device.setLowMemory(memInfo.lowMemory);
+      }
+    }
+
     // setting such values require IO hence we don't run for transactions
     if (collectDeviceIO && options.isCollectAdditionalContext()) {
-      setDeviceIO(device, collectDynamicData);
+      setDeviceIO(device);
     }
 
     return device;
@@ -171,7 +182,7 @@ public ContextUtils.SideLoadedInfo getSideLoadedInfo() {
     return sideLoadedInfo;
   }
 
-  private void setDeviceIO(final @NotNull Device device, final boolean includeDynamicData) {
+  private void setDeviceIO(final @NotNull Device device) {
     final Intent batteryIntent = getBatteryIntent();
     if (batteryIntent != null) {
       device.setBatteryLevel(getBatteryLevel(batteryIntent));
@@ -192,19 +203,6 @@ private void setDeviceIO(final @NotNull Device device, final boolean includeDyna
     }
     device.setOnline(connected);
 
-    final @Nullable ActivityManager.MemoryInfo memInfo =
-        ContextUtils.getMemInfo(context, options.getLogger());
-    if (memInfo != null) {
-      // in bytes
-      device.setMemorySize(getMemorySize(memInfo));
-      if (includeDynamicData) {
-        device.setFreeMemory(memInfo.availMem);
-        device.setLowMemory(memInfo.lowMemory);
-      }
-      // there are runtime.totalMemory() and runtime.freeMemory(), but I kept the same for
-      // compatibility
-    }
-
     // this way of getting the size of storage might be problematic for storages bigger than 2GB
     // check the use of
     // https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/File.html#getFreeSpace%28%29
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt
index 5c90395e3b..2854383dce 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt
@@ -98,19 +98,6 @@ class DeviceInfoUtilTest {
         assertNotNull(deviceInfo.freeStorage)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `does not include device io data when disabled`() {
-        val options = SentryAndroidOptions().apply {
-            isCollectAdditionalContext = true
-        }
-        val deviceInfoUtil = DeviceInfoUtil.getInstance(context, options)
-        val deviceInfo = deviceInfoUtil.collectDeviceInformation(false, false)
-
-        assertNull(deviceInfo.memorySize)
-        assertNull(deviceInfo.storageSize)
-        assertNull(deviceInfo.freeStorage)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `does include dynamic data when enabled`() {
         val options = SentryAndroidOptions().apply {