During the summer, Google released a new compression algorithm, which reduces the number of new updates for Android apps by approximately 47%. Thus the company is trying to help consumers reduce the consumption on the Internet when updating large games or mobile applications on smartphones. In certain situations, such updates can spend more gigabyte of traffic that affects your monthly bill. The company continues to pay special attention to this problem.
Google engineers have made serious progress in this area with the premiere of a new software that it says File-by-File patching, forward Mashable. Thanks to his updates on mobile new updates for Android apps will be on average 65% smaller than current algorithms used by the company. Google data shows that so every day will save about 6 petabytes of all owners of devices with Android. The previous update on the implementation of the company had a size of 17.5 MB, but because of File-by-File patching is now 9.6 MB.
Developers do not need to modify the code of your applications. Initially, the function will be limited to automatic updates and updates in the background on smartphones. Google pledged to continue to work hard to reduce even more their size. Interestingly, the more powerful devices become us the easier it will be for the company to achieve this goal. The function File-by-File patching is already used by the company for all applications to Google Play.
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