Meanwhile, as part of November’s “Google System Updates,” the company announced that “app archiving” would soon arrive as a way to conserve space on your Android phone. Perhaps a minor feature in the grand scheme of things, but it’s certainly convenient. Like other bubbles in Android, you can move it around the screen wherever you like or drag it to the bottom to dismiss it. Once enabled, you’ll be given a floating bubble that shows the progress of the current app being installed. Our team forcibly enabled the upcoming feature, which starts with a new “Show install progress bubble” toggle in the Play Store’s notification settings.

It seems Google is preparing a way to keep an eye on how your Android app download is going while browsing the Play Store, with a bubble that floats above the page you’re on. One small problem, though, is that the download progress is only visible through notifications. While one game is installing, I’ll keep browsing to kill time while I wait for the download to finish. In those moments, I’ll find myself perusing the Play Store and installing a few games to see what’s fun. Speaking from experience, there have been a couple of times where I have way too much time on my hands, a slow public internet connection, and not nearly enough offline games on my phone. We’ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they’ll look in the case that they do ship. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Here’s an early look at new features coming to the Play Store including the ability to archive unused Android apps to save space and includes preparations for a floating bubble for download progress.Ībout APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store.

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