How to get Android Instant Apps on your device.

Google announced the Android Instant Apps- the service that allows you to use partial applications via Chrome- back at I/O 2016 and officially launched at this year's I/O in June. Google has since been on full-fledged work to expand it to as many devices as possible and in a course of two months has already reached an impressive number of 500 million Android devices. This brings us to- how to use it? Let's cut to the chase.

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Before using an instant app, you need to first enable the feature before using it. Here's how-

1. Navigate to your phone’s Settings menu.
2. Scroll down and tap Google under the Personal category.
3. Under the Services category, select Instant Apps.
4. Tap the toggle on the top-right of the screen.
5. Read through the instructions card (and Play Terms of Service, if you really want to), then tap Yes, I’m in.

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If you cannot see the option, your device does not support the feature yet and you might have to wait till the feature becomes available for your device. For those who are lucky, you are halfway there. There will surely be a big lineup of apps supporting Instant Apps. As of now, only Wish, Viki, Buzzfeed and Periscope support the feature.

How to use Instant Apps?

1. Perform a Google search for any of the supported applications listed above.
2. Scroll down and select the app listing that includes the word Instant.
3. Tap Open app.

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Done. This will work as any of the apps downloaded from the Play Store.

Instant apps has a lot of potential and it will be undoubtedly successful. The ability to use full-fledged apps without having to download the complete application is convenient to say the least. Any app that you use once in a while is better used as an Instant app and it brings certainly more to the table than the mobile site itself. The way Google is pushing this shows that in a short period, developers will have to have it as a mandatory feature in their applications and the user-experience in any case, is bound to get better.

PS- Developers can read the complete overview of Instant Apps from here.