Google Drive update makes managing backups a little easier

GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED that it has found a way to reduce the size of Play Store updates for Android even further. In an extreme case, file-to-file patching reduced the size of Farm Heroes Super from 71.1 MB to just 8 MB, or by 89%.

Better late than never, Google has always tried to remove all the inconveniences for its die-hard users. The files will be decompressed and the changes will be spotted between the old file and new one.

Google is now testing new features on the Play Store every other day.

A new update to the Google Drive app adds a handy Backups section to the sidebar. Not only the processing time will be doubled, some Smartphone may find it hard to process the updates, especially when you’re updating two or more apps. Even though Google is trying to take care of these kinds of problems, some malicious apps actually pass through their security system. A user’s device is sent a patch which describes the differences between your current version and the new version; to ensure only the necessary data is downloaded.

According to reports, tech giant Google is set to adopt a new approach on updating apps through Google Play Store on Android devices to make the average updates 65% smaller than the full app. The company’s new file-by-file patching mechanism is created to minimize the amount of data that end users have to download, especially when not on WiFi, for application installs and updates. In the Android app changelog, Google writes, “Stay on top of what apps and Android devices are safely backed up to Drive thanks to the new Backups view”.

The number of downloads can also help you in making the decision if you should install a particular app or not.

Android’s Marshmallow operating system was released about a year ago – but the shockwaves of that release are still being felt by Android developers. These minor updates will comparatively take up a very limited amount of data which will then be merged with the existing files.

Hopefully, the recently surfaced changes don’t turn out to be just an experiment from Google, as users are in dire need of navigating the Play Store more efficiently, and tacking games alongside apps proves for a visual experience not conducive to getting to an app one intended in the first place.