New Google Play feature auto-launches apps after installation

Android users who want to launch an app immediately after downloading it from the Google Play Store no longer need to watch the progress bar for downloading and installation. According to Neowin, a new slider has been added to Google Play, allowing users to enable automatic program launch once the entire process is completed.

According to the underlying code, the app will automatically launch with a five-second delay from when the download and installation are completed. During this time, the user will see a notification from Google Play informing them of the impending launch.

The new option may seem insignificant, but it can make using new apps easier in many cases. In the age of quickly swelling programs, which often take up hundreds of megabytes, downloading and installation do not always take just a few seconds—especially if the user does not have access to fast mobile internet due to their place of residence. Instead of manually monitoring the download and installation progress bar, Android users can occupy themselves with something else while waiting for the app to be ready for launch.

Simultaneously, the Google Play update also introduces the ability to download and install up to three apps simultaneously. This is an interesting change, considering that only recently was the option to download two programs in parallel added to the program. As long as the user has a sufficiently fast internet connection and a new smartphone capable of handling multi-threading efficiently, parallel downloading will enable, among other things, faster app updates.