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summary
- Google Play Store now lets you download and install updates for multiple apps at once.
- You can simultaneously download and install up to three app updates from the Play Store.
The Google Play Store (formerly the Android App Market) allowed users to download updates for multiple apps, a feature that has been missing for over a decade. Fortunately, it looks like the feature has finally come back.
9to5Google The Play Store has added a new feature that allows you to download and install updates for multiple apps at the same time, and we can now confirm that this option is available on the Pixel 7 Pro as well, as shown in the screenshot below.
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This feature won't let you download and install more than two app updates at the same time — any additional app updates in the queue will be marked as “pending.” Still, this is a big improvement over only being able to download and install one app update at a time.
It's unclear why Google removed the option in the first place. Speculation at the time suggested that smartphone storage at the time had slow write speeds. Many modern smartphones have since switched to faster internal storage, such as UFS and NVMe technologies. So if storage performance was a bottleneck, it makes sense to see the feature return.
The news also comes after the Play Store allowed users to download two new apps simultaneously in April, but this limit was reportedly increased to three simultaneous downloads in line with app updates.
Can you download and install multiple app updates at once via Play Store? Let us know the make and model of your phone in the comments below.