Google starts releasing live Android Instant Apps

BuzzFeed, Wish, Periscope and Viki are the first Android apps released with Android Instant App availability.

on January 24, 2017
 

Google starts releasing live Android Instant Apps

Google has announced the release of several apps that sport the new Android Instant Apps feature. This allows Android users to use an Android app without having to install it from the Play store.

Google demonstrated it back at Google I/O last year.

Google has allowed a few publishers to launch these in the real Android world as a live test. These publishers include BuzzFeed, Wish, Periscope and Viki. These live tests will allow Google to collect “user feedback and iterating on the product.”

 

 

Android Instant Apps starts initial live testing

Posted by Aurash Mahbod, Software Engineer, Google Play

Android Instant Apps was previewed at Google I/O last year as a new way to run Android apps without requiring installation. Instant Apps is an important part of our effort to help users discover and run apps with minimal friction.

We’ve been working with a small number of developers to refine the user and developer experiences. Today, a few of these Instant Apps will be available to Android users for the first time in a limited test, including apps from BuzzFeed, Wish, Periscope, and Viki. By collecting user feedback and iterating on the product, we’ll be able to expand the experience to more apps and more users.

To develop an instant app, you’ll need to update your existing Android app to take advantage of Instant Apps functionality and then modularize your app so part of it can be downloaded and run on-the-fly. You’ll use the same Android APIs and Android Studio project. Today, you can also take some important steps to be ready for Instant Apps development. The full SDK will be available in the coming months.

There has already been a tremendous amount of interest in Instant Apps from thousands of developers. We can’t wait to hear your feedback and share more awesome experiences later this year. Stay tuned!

For more details, see the Android developer blog.

 

 

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