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12 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Last year, we learned that Google was working on a new file system called Incremental, and we believed Google would use it to let you play games before they're done downloading. Today, Google made this official as "play as you download."

xda-developers.com/android-12-pla…

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Google confirmed to us that "play as you download" uses the Incremental FS under-the-hood.

Here's our article on Incremental from last year: xda-developers.com/google-increme…
Launcher devs can add support for Incremental by showing a promise icon and download progress indicator on the home screen while the app is being incrementally downloaded. Use PackageInstaller.SessionCallback#onCreated and LauncherApps.Callback#onPackageLoadingProgressChanged
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