The Google Play Retailer can lastly obtain two apps on the identical time. Google has been testing this function for fairly a while, and it’s now broadly rolling out to Android customers.
Google Play Retailer will get the power to obtain two apps without delay, however not replace a couple of concurrently
That is, after all, an enchancment, however it nonetheless seems like a missed likelihood. Why? Properly, you continue to can’t replace a couple of app on the identical time. That may be a extra helpful function, and that’s one thing many individuals would agree on.
You put in apps solely as soon as, whilst you always have to replace them. Therefore, with the ability to replace a couple of on the identical time can be fairly helpful, particularly to these of you who replace them manually.
Let’s hope that change will develop into a actuality sooner or later as nicely. Till then, that’ll should do. In any case, when you begin downloading two apps in your telephone now, two will obtain on the identical time. You possibly can see that within the Play Retailer itself, and on some telephones, it’s additionally seen in your app drawer/house display screen (progress bar).
Up till now, when you selected a couple of app, the second was marked as ‘Pending’, and also you needed to wait till the primary one was downloaded. The third one will nonetheless be marked as ‘Pending’, although, whatever the measurement.
Apple’s App Retailer continues to be within the lead, although
It’s good to see that Google is lastly catching as much as the Apple App Retailer on this regard. The App Retailer can obtain three apps on the identical time, in case you had been questioning.
Having mentioned that, this modification with simultaneous app downloads was noticed on the v40.6.31 of the Google Play Retailer. The change was seen on a number of Pixel telephones and tablets (operating Android 14), claims 9to5Google.
We’re undecided if this can be a server-side modifications, however it most certainly is. Although it’s probably associated to the model of the Google Play Retailer too, after all.