One of the biggest problems for anyone who has a smartphone is usually storage space. Little space leads to many failures and even slowdowns. And filling the available space is very easy because multimedia content is increasingly larger due to the evolution that cameras have undergone over the years. Now Android 15 will answer this smartphone problem and has a big new feature compared to Android 14 and all previous versions.
Android 15 solves the biggest smartphone problem ever!
Google has an interesting new feature coming to Android 15 called application archive. According to Mishaal Rahman, who writes for Android Authority, this feature will allow an Android user to gain more space to download an app or save another photo, or for any other reason. Instead of uninstalling an app and then reinstalling it when you need to use it again, you can archive an app instead of uninstalling it; This will prevent you from having to configure it again when you need to use it.
Source: AndroidAuthority.com
Currently, the application archive is a Google Play Store feature and not an Android feature. This way it is not as effective. But that will change when Android 15 arrives and the functionality runs at the operating system level. Rahman discovered this after detecting, in an Android 14 QPR2 beta update, that Google is supporting application archiving at the OS level. It was able to open buttons for “Archive” and “Restore” in settings.
But how much storage space can you gain?
Very much so. In fact, Rahman shows how he archives the Uber app, which takes up 387 MB of storage. After pressing the “Archive” button, the Uber application now has just 17.64 MB, a reduction of 95.4%. When Rahman clicks “Restore”, the application is downloaded from the Google Play Store and reinstalled.
Meanwhile in Android 15, users can enable the Android version of App Archiving. So you can automatically archive a little-used app – This feature in Android 15 makes space when needed, without deleting an app
In Android 15, users can enable the Android version of App Archiving, which can automatically archive an infrequently used app.
A complete file system
The Android version of the application archive will not only manually archive applications, but also automatically archive applications that you do not use frequently. On the application information page, if you activate the “manage application if unused” option, Android removes the permissions. Then delete temporary files, suspend notifications and archive the app if it hasn't been used in a while.
Although Rahman managed to get the function working in the latest beta version of Android 14 QPR should only work on Android 15.