Google ATAP's Project ARA modular smartphone is placed on a table (Photo : YouTube / Google ATAP)
Google is planning to have smartphones contain all of the world's apps without having to download them one by one and without breaking the storage limit of the devices through Instant Apps.
One of the common problems of smartphone users is that they cannot sometimes relate with their friends if they are talking about a certain app. They may say that they will try and download it later but that rarely happens after the conversation.
Enter Instant Apps, which pretty much explains itself. Google plans to make smartphones access virtually any app without having to search and download them on the Play Store.
The solution is to let users just access any app without having to download them. Google unveiled the solution during their I/O conference.
However, this does not mean that all of the apps will come pre-installed on a phone. That would take up too much of the space.
Instant Apps would be smaller versions of the full versions, WIRED reported. This is made possible through the marriage of web and apps.
Developers of the apps would have to make the instant versions of their applications first. This means that there would be two times the work if they want more people to use their apps.
Google will be giving developers the necessary tool kits to make it possible. The search engine giant already announced a similar effort in 2015 through the progressive web apps, Quartz reported.
One problem for Instant Apps is that it would require users to be constantly connected to the Internet. Not everyone can afford the luxury of being always connected especially if they are on the go.
There are mobile data plans but it can still be limited by the signal strength and the data cap. Even if users have mobile data, the speed could also affect how the apps perform.
Just like other technology products announced during the Google I/O conference, Instant Apps will probably be available for the public a couple of months from now. Both the search engine giant and the developers would still need to work together to make the tech possible for smartphones.
