Android Instant Apps: What Do They Mean for Users and Developers?

Instant apps are apps that launch with no need for you to install them first on your device. But how do these apps work? And what else can they do?

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[AdamSinicki]

Hey team! What do you guys think of instant apps? Can you think of any handy use-cases? Thanks for watching!

[sriccharon]

i think its revolutionary .... coud computing+instant apps = less powerful phone
thus millions of people from developing countries will have same app experience as a flagship phone with their relatively less expensive phones

[LogicBob]

Super excited about this! I can't tell you how many times I have installed then uninstalled the Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart, and Zappos apps.

[carmencitadavis]

I don't think Google play should be downloading anything on anyone's phone without their permission because they could be downloading a virus on your phone unintentionally especially if you have your phone set for do not automatically download or install any apps

[akshatjain]

Awesome concept, it sure will change the way we use Android apps.

[GlobalAdventurer]

This explains why I keep seeing Instant Apps updating/downloading on my cellphone. Didn't know what it was exactly☺

[michaelgarner]

Wow I'm on a very cool trip thanks all of you much 💖😇🙏👍💯

[wolfstorm]

Caught my phone downloading "instant apps" but so far I've seen no difference

[AlejandroSepich]

congrats to all android authority crew you are doin' an amazing job... thumbs up..

[seanleroy]

Sounds ingenious to me and I would use it in spades. However, sometimes with Google I wonder if they're spread way too thin, for me to rely upon...consistently. I mean they still haven't got Google Drive right and have you tried to manage your music collection in Google Music?! I mean nice that they let you upload 25k song or whatever, but if it looks like crap and doesn't work half the time, I'll pay $10 a month and put it in Dropbox!

[Prjct_Endurance]

It can be enabled on any Android device with Nougat and Beta Google app, Did it on 1+3T

[yellowalley]

Great explanation was wondering what that magical checkbox for Instant App on Android Studio was about lols

[niteshns]

The Late Softwares updates is one of the most important thing holding android back and giving apple an edge .Slow updates to OS means apps can't use the latest features and need to support multiple different OS versions with different API, and despite all these optimizations and cool new features like notification dots most of us will never get them

[JLOVE]

that is a good idea that does save alot of memory on these phones can't wait for them to do it for other phones and that also will be good for some apps that you're not even using in your phone that you already have downloaded that you use you know every once in awhile so that is a nice little feature

[bandrew]

Features like this are the reason why Android is so much better than iOS

[SouravRakshitbabai]

It'll be really helpful for low end devices

[chadmasta]

It's a neat idea on paper but it makes me wonder how easily this could be exploited. Imagine getting a pop-up with a link that opens a malicious app. I know there are restrictions on them but I wouldn't be surprised if people found a way around them.

[fatokh]

I am very excited for Note8 and LG V30 and iphone8 and Mate10

[himynameisryan]

63 dislikes, the amount of apple accounts.

[niteshns]

I have been waiting for instant apps for almost 1 year since they were announced at IO