Posted by Chang Liu and Lidia Gaymond, Product Managers, Google Play
Do you know that one of many principal causes customers uninstall apps is to unlock area? At present, at any time when customers attempt to set up a brand new app on a nearly-full system, they see a dialog that permits them to manually uninstall the app to make room. Nevertheless, typically uninstalling an entire app, together with the entire person’s app knowledge simply isn’t needed.
To scale back pointless uninstalls and assist customers efficiently set up new apps, we’re introducing a brand new function: auto-archive. As soon as a person opts in, auto-archive will help them robotically free as much as almost 60% of an app’s space for storing, with out eradicating the app presence or customers’ knowledge from the system.
What’s auto-archive?
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| Archived apps are visually indicated with cloud icons and stay on the person’s system. |
Auto-archive is a brand new function that permits customers to unlock area on their system with out the necessity to utterly uninstall an app. As soon as the person opts in, occasionally used apps might be partly faraway from the system to save lots of area, while the app icon and the person’s private app knowledge might be preserved. When the person desires to start out utilizing the app once more, they will merely faucet to re-download it and decide up the place they left off (so long as the app continues to be out there on Google Play).
Eligibility of auto-archive
Auto-archive is simply out there for builders utilizing the App Bundle to publish their apps. In case your app helps archiving, customers might be much less more likely to see it surfaced amongst uninstall strategies.
The way it works
Customers can decide into auto-archive in a couple of steps.
- The person tries to put in a brand new app when the system is out of storage.
- A pop-up window seems asking if the person desires to allow auto-archive.
- If the person opts in, unused apps on the person’s system might be auto-archived to unlock sufficient area for a brand new app request.
Auto-archive is a straightforward method for customers to handle their system storage, and a good way for builders to decrease the chance of their apps being uninstalled.
