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there's just this vague recommendation to "turn it off in settings." no link, no toggle, nothing.

had to hunt for the relevant setting in the app(even their settings menu is down under in the list when you tap on your avatar.


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a screenshot of Google play store which has a popup that can only be disabled by pressing OK button at the bottom.
the popup contains the following text:

Google is optimising app installs with your help
Google Play makes apps faster to install, open and run based on what people are using most. The first time that you open an app after installing, Google notes which parts of the app you use. When enough people do this, your apps will install faster. App install optimisation is automatically turned on, but you can turn it off in settings. Learn more

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I could neither find any such setting nor did I ever get such a notification. Could you tell me where you found the relevant setting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not all devices are supported. Building a list of what code is actually run is going to be device dependent, so it only handles popular configurations.

Or, it could be that you're running an older version of the play store, or maybe there's some other reason that it's not using this feature that I don't know about.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember seeing this popup but cant find anything in settings

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's in Settings > General > App install optimisation. The last item in the list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There is no such option for me. I guess its not aviliable

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah there is no such option for me. This might be some feature not released yet for everyone idk

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's in the settings of the Play Store app itself, not a setting in Android. That threw me off at first.

Turns out I already had it disabled, thankfully.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I know... But still that option wasnt there for me

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Found it and turned it off. Thanks