How Android update will let you use apps without downloading them
Instant Apps will enable users to download the parts of an app they need with one click – and forgo the ponderous process of downloading the whole app to a smartphone
Google knows many people never get around to adding apps, because they have to download them.
So it has a new way.
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At its recent developer conference, Google announced Instant Apps, a way to download apps with one click, without having to go through the cumbersome process of downloading them to your phone.
Instead, if a friend was to suggest a feature on BuzzFeed in a chat window, for instance, Android users later this year will be able to click a link, and add portions of the app to their phone to see a video, photo, or some other source of information.
Google’s Ellie Powers suggested a potential use case: you’re late for a meeting, find a parking space, and the meter suggests paying with a parking app, but you don’t have time to download the app. Instead, you can click a link, add some of the app to the phone with one click, and pay the meter.
App developers will have to create future apps in modules to qualify for Instant users.