This software can cut at least 85% app space on your phone

New York: If you think twice before downloading an app due to storage concerns, here comes a solution. Researchers have developed a software that cuts down storage requirements by at least 85 per cent for popular gaming apps on an Android phone.

The software, called AppStreamer, “streams” data and code resources to an app from a cloud server when necessary, allowing the app to use only the space it needs on a phone at any given time.

“It’s like how Netflix movies aren’t actually stored on a computer. They are streamed to you as you are watching them,” said Saurabh Bagchi, Professor at Purdue University in Indiana, US.