Google Play Smart Updates Go Live

Back at Google I/O, Google announced a new way to do app updates.  The new method is known as delta updates.  The idea is that updates would be smaller as only the “new” information would need to be downloaded.

Up to this point, whenever we received an update in the Market/Play Store, the entire apk file was re-downloaded and re-installed.  With this new system, that is no longer the case.  That means you’ll be able to download those updates a little quicker and probably use less data (which is probably really helpful for us Canadians who have a more limited data well).

It’s a great update.  Now we just need those Gift Cards to come to market and we’ll be all set to go.

[TechnoBuffalo]