Google creates new app update algorithm in an effort to save on data usage

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http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2016/07/improvements-for-smaller-app-downloads.html?m=1

New Delta algorithm to reduce the size of app updates

For approximately 98% of app updates from the Play Store, only changes (deltas) to APK files are downloaded and merged with the existing files, reducing the size of updates. We recently rolled out a delta algorithm, bsdiff, that further reduces patches by up to 50% or more compared to the previous algorithm. Bsdiff is specifically targeted to produce more efficient deltas of native libraries by taking advantage of the specific ways in which compiled native code changes between versions. To be most effective, native libraries should be stored uncompressed (compression interferes with delta algorithms).


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Pretty awesome.
I currently have Google Play auto-update when I'm on WiFi and plugged in, and so I never approve or go through updates, usually just get a list every few mornings that X apps were updated, but this is a great improvement as long as the stability is still strong.
 
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