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Google’s Play Store can finally install or update multiple Android apps at once

Applause from all the manual app updaters.

As reported by Android Police, Google has tested concurrent app updates for Play Store before, starting as far back as 2019 and as recently as last March. Now it looks like the speedier updates are rolling out to more users, which could be a huge time saver for people setting up new phones or restoring from a backup. Google does not have an announced launch timeline or indication that the feature has arrived on any specific device, which means the limitations on simultaneous downloads and installs are likely server-side.

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