Google makes app updates 65% smaller but twice slower

Dec07

by Sindy Cator on December 7, 2016 at 11:22 am

Google today announced it has implemented a new method of rolling out app updates through the Play Store that will significantly reduce your data usage – but not without any downsides. While the optimized algorithm shrinks the size of app updates by 65 percent on average, it also makes them twice as slow. Because of this drawback, Google is limiting the new method solely to automatic updates to avoid spoiling your mobile experience. Here’s how Google software engineer Andrew Hayden explained the rationale behind this: [Automatic] updates […] take place […] usually at night when your phone is plugged into power and you’re not likely to be…