Surely you are used to downloading and installing all kinds of files or applications on your mobile phone. We all love having our device full of tools, but we must be very careful with storage, especially if the model we have does not have much capacity. However, one of the latest Android updates has brought us a very particular and interesting option that you should definitely take advantage of.
We have often come across the annoying message informing about the little space in the memory of the smartphone. A situation that can slow down operation and that forces you to delete apps to use the terminal normally again, although thanks to the new Android feature, this will never be an inconvenience again.
Save storage on Android
We all have many applications on our Android mobile that we have not entered for a long time. This is more common than it seems, whether they are games, editing programs or sales platforms, because we don’t always need to access them or we simply don’t feel like it. However, we know that sooner or later we will use them again and for this reason we do not want to delete it.
Google is fully aware of this context and that is why it has devised a function that allows the user not to delete the applications, but to archive them to save memory . In this way, you have at your fingertips the possibility of quickly recovering it at any time without having to download it again.
kim@AssembleDebugInitial look at @GooglePlay ‘s App archive feature which was announced back in March 2022 and seems fully functional but the number of apps is almost none. @googlenews is the only app supporting it for now.
@MishaalRahman @madebygoogle #Android https://t.co/ZovpuJ3BBQOctober 11, 2022 • 10:4978
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It is a truly useful tool, especially if you are used to traveling and as a consequence use local apps, which will stop serving you when you return home. Of course, it is also a great help for those Android devices with little storage.
Also, there is no reason to be afraid of losing your data . The application files remain inside your Android smartphone and the program continues to be available through its icon. When you unarchive the app, it is installed again along with your data and you can use it again normally.
When will it be available
At the moment there is only one application that supports this new Android feature and it is the Google News purchase mode. This is because testing is ongoing before this option is finally implemented , so it is not yet available to users worldwide. There are those who indicate that even on devices with the latest version of the software, the application archive tool does not appear.
So all that remains is to wait for its final arrival, although we are all impatient to see the capacity of this option. Mainly, because it deletes applications partially and keeps data to reinstall it in the future in an instant.
An interesting aspect is that the Google Play Store shows the memory that we are saving by archiving certain apps. A clear example is the aforementioned case of Google News, where we can save up to 30 MB of space . An amount that, for mobiles with little space, can mean a great relief. Of course, the applications that are archived will remain on our home screen, but an icon will appear above the icon that indicates that it is not really installed.