Google Play Store: Parallel downloads and updates for everyone
Google has improved the Play Store. Android smartphones can now download and update several apps at the same time.
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Google has upgraded the Play Store. It can now download and update several applications at the same time. This speeds up the update process noticeably.
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Back in the spring, some Android users noticed that the Google Play Store was able to install multiple apps at the same time. The problem was that this only worked when installing new apps and therefore went unnoticed. For a short time, this also worked for some for the update process, but was then turned off again by Google, reports 9to5Google.
Keeping up with the times
Google has now apparently activated the function for everyone. There are often several apps in the Google Play Store under "Manage apps and devices" – "Updates" that require an update. Previously, Google downloaded each of these individually and then started downloading the next app once the installation had started. Now Google Play downloads up to three app updates in parallel and then installs them at the same time. According to 9to5Google, this maximum number of parallel installations also applies to the Apple Store under iOS.
Google itself does not provide any further information on the improved function. It is unclear whether these are merely server-side changes or whether the Google Play system on smartphones has been adapted for this purpose.
Modern smartphones have numerous processing cores and large amounts of main and fixed memory, so parallel installation should have been technically possible for a long time. However, the acceleration of the update process is noticeable. Android has now also arrived at the cutting edge when it comes to the installation mechanism for apps.
(dmk)