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Android implements app archiving to free up space

The next update to Google Play, one that in fact is already being distributed among the millions of users of the Internet giant’s operating system, brings with it a new feature that those who accumulate applications that they only use occasionally and use it will like. they pay with device storage.

App archiving comes to Android And it’s no surprise, because a few months ago Google announced the novelty, its details and the advantages it introduces, even when the concept is not original. In any case, it is a welcome function that in the coming days you will have it at your disposal.

As Google explained at the time, the lack of storage space is one of the main reasons why users uninstall applications, generally those that they use less frequently. But uninstalling an application that you are going to have to reinstall for occasional use has its setbacks, and never better said.

The most prominent, having to access the store to reinstalling and reconfiguring the app, a hassle and a waste of time which Mountain View wants to put an end to with app archiving, the consequence of which will be to run the app, download a fraction of its size, and use it as normal, just as you would with an app that hadn’t been archived.

What app archiving does is remove part of the executable, thus reducing its size, according to information transmitted by Google, in up to 60%, depending on the application, but keeping the configuration and, of course, its icon along with the rest of the apps installed on the device. In appearance, in fact, there would be no difference between them.

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Thus, when you want to use any archived application again, you just have to press the icon and wait a little longer than it would take to open normally until it is ready to be used as if you had never archived it. Best of all, app archiving is included in a Google Play update, so most users will have it available soon.

Specifically, the Google Play update that includes app archiving began to be distributed last Thursday, November 24, and it is expected that it will reach the bulk of Android users in the coming days.

But how exactly does app archiving work? It is a manual function that you will find in Google Play (the Play Store), entering the menu, in “*Manage apps and device”, in the “Manage” tab. It has no loss. If you still don’t see the option, you’ll have to wait for the update to arrive.

In a different order of things, but with the same purpose and technology, Android TV and Google TV will implement app archiving throughout 2023. And there it is really convenient and really necessary.

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