Finally, the Play Store allows you to download two applications at once
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Play Store is rolling out support for simultaneous app downloads. We get it working on a Galaxy S23 Ultra and report it working on many other devices. Unfortunately, you can’t update multiple apps at the same time, at least not yet. When you get a new Android […]
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- The Google Play Store is rolling out support for simultaneous app downloads.
- We get it working on a Galaxy S23 Ultra and report it working on many other devices.
- Unfortunately, you can’t update multiple apps at the same time, at least not yet.
When you get a new Android phone, one of the first things you’ll do is install all your favorite apps. When you did this in the past, you had to wait for the Google Play Store to download each app one by one. This can be very frustrating, especially for those of us who download dozens of apps during this process.
Fortunately, it seems that Google has recently accelerated this process. Today it seems that the Play Store is capable of downloading two apps at once. It’s a small change, I admit, but anything that reduces the time it takes to set up a new phone is a win in my opinion.
This works on a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, but 9to5Google It also works on several Pixel devices, so it should be pretty widespread, assuming you have a recent version of Android and the latest version of the Play Store itself. Check out the screenshot below, which confirms two apps downloading together:
Unfortunately, Google didn’t go the extra mile and allow multiple updates to be downloaded at once. The same Galaxy S23 Ultra that supports simultaneous downloads of new apps does not support simultaneous downloads of updates for existing apps. You can see how it always only does one app at a time in the screenshot below:
Obviously, getting multiple app updates at once would likely be a more significant quality of life update for Android, given that few people install multiple apps at once outside of setting up a brand new phone. Still, it’s very possible that Google is simply taking it step by step and concurrent upgrade downloads will be underway soon.
