Last weekend, we announced that Google Play Store now allows Android users to install or update up to three apps and games simultaneously on their devices. However, we discovered that you can actually install/update up to four apps/games simultaneously from the Play Store on your Android device.
We discovered this while installing apps and games on our iQOO Z9s Pro in India from the Google Play Store, with version 42.4.22-31[0][PR]663941805.
We had over a dozen apps/games queued for installation, and the Play Store downloaded up to four apps simultaneously while the status of the rest was shown as “Pending”.
This worked not only for new installations, but also when updating apps and games already installed on the device.
Google Play Store allows you to install/update up to four apps/games at the same time
However, Google seems to have flipped the switch on its servers for a small percentage of users as we can only install/update three apps/games on most of our Android devices in India. Hence, it remains to be seen whether Google will actually allow four simultaneous app downloads or settle for three, which is the number of downloads on the App Store for iOS users.
This development might not make much difference to Android users who haven't turned off automatic app updates in the Play Store — which are enabled by default — or to those using slow networks or devices with slow storage.
However, those who manually update apps or set up new devices often (like us testers) will find this useful as it saves time by reducing the waiting period. Regardless, we appreciate this initiative from Google.
If you can also download up to four apps simultaneously, leave us a comment below with your device names and country.