{"id":228220,"date":"2025-07-01T03:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228220\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T03:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:09:21","slug":"heres-how-the-play-store-will-soon-make-it-easier-to-track-download-progress-apk-teardown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228220\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s how the Play Store will soon make it easier to track download progress (APK teardown)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_ng\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"Google Play Store logo on smartphone stock photo (1)\"  alt=\"Google Play Store logo on smartphone stock photo.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Google-Play-Store-logo-on-smartphone-stock-photo-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edgar Cervantes \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Google Play Store could soon receive a new download progress notification, allowing users to easily keep track of app downloads.<\/li>\n<li>We first spotted the notification in a teardown earlier this year, but Google has since made some improvements.<\/li>\n<li>The notification will list up to three recently downloaded apps and games, and let users open the apps right from the notification shade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-play-store-1093442\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play Store<\/a> is set to receive a more helpful download progress notification, which will allow users to easily track app downloads and launch newly installed apps directly from the notification shade. We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-play-download-progress-notification-apk-3555654\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first spotted<\/a> it in a teardown earlier this year, but it was still a work in progress at the time, with several elements not functioning as intended. Google has since made some noticeable improvements, and we now have a clearer look at what could be the final version.<\/p>\n<p> You&#8217;re reading an <strong>Authority Insights<\/strong> story on Android Authority. Discover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/tag\/authority-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Authority Insights<\/strong><\/a> for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won&#8217;t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0<b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">APK teardown<\/b> helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.<\/p>\n<p>The updated download progress notification still shows a maximum of three recently downloaded apps and games. However, instead of a \u201cSee more\u201d button at the bottom, it now states how many additional apps and games you\u2019ve recently installed. When a download is complete, the notification now correctly shows a \u201cRecently installed\u201d label underneath the app name, instead of showing \u201c0% of 0MB\u201d like before.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ng\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google Play Store download progress notification (2)\"  alt=\"Google Play Store download progress notification (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Google-Play-Store-download-progress-notification-2-scaled.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_ng\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google Play Store download progress notification (1)\"  alt=\"Google Play Store download progress notification (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Google-Play-Store-download-progress-notification-1-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Google hasn\u2019t made any other interface changes in the current release (version 46.8.29-31), but the \u201cOpen\u201d buttons now function as intended. We can also confirm that once you open a recently installed app, it\u2019s removed from the notification. You can see it in action in the video below.<\/p>\n<p>This appears to be the final version of the new download progress notification, and Google could start rolling it out to users with a subsequent Play Store update. We\u2019ll update this post as soon as it\u2019s widely available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a tip? Talk to us!<\/strong>\u00a0Email our staff at <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-play-store-download-progress-notification-apk-3572440\/mailto:news@androidauthority.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:tips@androidauthority.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\" target=\"_blank\">news@androidauthority.com<\/a>. You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it&#8217;s your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edgar Cervantes \/ Android Authority TL;DR The Google Play Store could soon receive a new download progress notification,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[2240,867,3597,54334,547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-228220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-authority-insights","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-google-play","11":"tag-google-play-store","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}