Google Play Store can now simultaneously download multiple Android apps
9to5google.com
After on and off testing, Google looks to have now rolled out simultaneous app downloads and installs on the Play Store...

Finally all that power won’t be wasted waiting for a single app download to finish and install.

Now, they should do simultaneous app updates. That’s the slowest process on my phone.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    315·
    2 months ago

    I don’t get the hype over this. How often do you find your day interrupted by Play Store downloads that one finds this to be an important upgrade? My apps generally update while I’m asleep, I pretty much never need to wait for them.

    • vodka@lemm.eeEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      Kinda handy during first time setup though. Can easily be 30 system apps updating, plus all the shit you might be grabbing from previous installs.

      • Chozo@fedia.io
        15·
        2 months ago

        Ahh yeah, that’s a good point, I forgot about the recovery process. In that case, yeah I can absolutely see this saving a bunch of time when transferring devices.

    • Sl00k@programming.devEnglish
      141·
      2 months ago

      Swapping to new phones is really dreadful because of apps installs. It seems like the whole process is great EXCEPT app installs.