New Google Play slider enables auto-launch after download

The Google Play Store for Android apps has added a new option related to program installation. Users can now use a slider to enable the automatic launch option during downloading. Previously, manual monitoring of the installation process was necessary.

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 during downloading and installation. A new slider has been added to Google Play, allowing users to enable automatic program launch once the entire process is completed, notes Neowin.

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 in many cases, it can make using new apps easier. In the age of increasingly larger 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, for example, 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 launch.

At the same time, 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 platform. 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.