Instant apps doesn’t need installation. Yes, They don’t!
In fact, there is nothing to do with what Android (at least Jellybean 4.1) phone do you have. You no need to install any special software or need any upgrade to your hardware. Android Instant Apps work faster, safer and functional.
What are Android Instant Apps actually?
Android Instant Apps are just android application that run without need to install them on the device.Let me bring out an example, Your friend has shared a video link from the Super Videos (let’s assume) app through WhatsApp messenger. When you click on the click from your phone, it, instead of asking the user to install the app (which is what happening so far), will open the app itself like a website instantly and show you the content.
Let’s consider another example, you went for shopping and the shop gives some exclusive discounts on some products if bought only from their app. You don’t have enough space on the device for app installation but you want the app to avail the discount. Then if you can access the instant app link of that particular product to checkout.
How is it possible? How apps can run without installing?
Interesting. Isn’t it?Google’s intention behind introducing instant articles is that they want to reduce the breadcrumbs to reach the target page of content. They want people to access the app in just a few clicks and get their job done.
To enable such access, Google has introduced a new update to the Android with some Instant App modules that generate the content with instant access.
That’s okay! But how do they open without installing?
Remember I told you about the friend sharing a link? Yes, the apps with Instant App code modules will be hosted on the Google servers automatically and will be served on to the devices on request and requirement.
I guess a clean picture will help you understand well:
Let us suppose the green triangle as the Google Server/Google Play Store, the two orange rectangles as two Android smartphones and the grey circle as the external source such as the internet.
Both Android phones can download the application from the Google Play Store as usual if they want to use it or, they can access the particular piece of functionality of the application through the link shared in between the phones or provide from the other sources of the internet.
The application works the same either ways and is fast, reliable and secure too.
Google has already updated some of the famous applications as the instant apps that can be accessed as we have discussed above. They are BuzzFeed, B&H Photo, Hotel Tonight, Zumper and Disney. Google announces access to developers to turn their apps into Instant apps.
Watch the Google I/O 2016 introducing of Android Instant Apps:
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