Google Play Store Brings App Update Features Simultaneously

Google Play Store, can now download more than three simultaneous applications (photo: dock. google)

JAKARTA - The Google Play Store has finally brought back a feature that allows users to download and install multiple app updates simultaneously. This feature was available in the late 2000s until the early 2010s before it was finally deleted. However, now the feature is back on the Play Store again.

According to a report from 9to5Google, the Play Store now allows its users to download and install up to three app updates simultaneously. If there are more than three updates to download, the additional update will be marked as a "ding" and wait for its turn to be installed once the first three updates are complete.

This feature is a significant improvement compared to previous capabilities that only allowed one application update to be downloaded and installed at a time. Although there has been no official explanation from Google regarding the reasons for the removal of this feature more than a decade ago, speculation says that at that time, the speed of storage writing on smartphones was still relatively slow. However, with modern internal storage technologies such as UFS and NVMe faster, this feature is now deemed worthy to be re-presented.

The return of this feature is also in line with last April's update that allows users to download two new applications at once. Now, this limit has also been raised to three simultaneous downloads, both for new applications and app updates.

For users who want to try this feature, they can see if their device supports it by opening the Play Store and trying to download multiple updates at once. Make sure your device supports this feature.