Smart App Updates

Just yesterday we were talking about the new Google Play update that was circulating on the web and that was will install soon, automatically, in our terminals. Well, this update brings a very interesting and useful function known as Smart App UpdatesSomething that was already announced during the conference Google I/O two months ago and that finally reaches the market of applications of Google

This is a feature for improving application updates So far, when an application receives a update it was necessary download it completely again So, be it a game or an application of any kind, you had to do the complete download, with the cost of mobile data and time that this entails. However, with Smart App Updates this changes to optimize update downloads.

Thus, this function allows to download only the part of the application that is going to be updated This is a good saving ofMB of our data rate and also of time, requiring less time to install this type of update.For example, an app like Instagram occupies about 13 MB An update to add a new filter or function, or to solve some failure, it can occupy about 3 MB, depending on each case and application. The savings are considerable, even more so in games, which tend to have a greater weight.

But the best part is that the Smart Apps Updates feature is activated automatically after the update of Google Play In this way, when we are notified that there is an update available and we access the download screen, just by pressing the button Update we see this process. Despite seeing the total size of the app, the download progress bar stops when you have downloaded the portion of the update, proceeding to install it immediately.

As we say, this function is included in the new Google Play update However, it seems that it is only available for terminals whose Android operating system is running version 2.3, known as Gingerbread, or anyupper version Undoubtedly a great utility to improve the sometimes cumbersome updates that accumulate and get to block our device when having to manage large applications.

For now we have to wait until Google Play receives the update We can be sure that Smart App Updates is active when updating an app or checking that our app market version from Google has reached the number 3.8.15This issue can be seen in the Settings menu, scrolling the screen until you see version of the compilationAs we have said, the update will be released progressively and automatically, so it is possible that in the next few days we can enjoy the function Smart App Updates