The healthcare app store Google Play will be more extensive examine what exactly the differences are between the version of an app that already is installed and an update. Then, only the differences are downloaded.
Google Engineers compare the new process with the replacement of a few sentences in a book, instead of replacing the whole book.
According to Google, app updates by the new technique is on average 65 percent smaller. Earlier this year, the company realised the size of app updates also already approximately halved by the use of a new algorithm which files to compress.
By the change must become more attractive to apps to update if there are any data limits apply.
The new technique has the disadvantage that it takes longer for updates to grab and install. If the updategrootte approximately by half, doubles the installation time. Therefore, the technique can only be applied to the automatic updating of apps in the background, for example, as smartphones ‘night on ac power.
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