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How does this differ to the delta updates that came out over four years ago? http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/16/google-flips-the-switch-on-smart-app-updat
by aembleton 10y ago
How does this differ to the delta updates that came out over four years ago?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/16/google-flips-the-switch-on-smart-app-updates-in-the-play-store-video/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/16/google-flips-the-swi...
- mkesper 10y agoIt's in the article: that worked on the compressed data, this change works on uncompressed data (and so can be much more effective).
- danielsamuels 10y agoRead the article before commenting?
- aembleton 10y agoWhich part of the article covered the 2012 announcement? There was the piece near the top: `earlier this year, we announced that we started using the bsdiff algorithm (by Colin Percival).` But earlier this year would be 2016, not 2012 so I assumed that this was something else.
- danielsamuels 10y agoAnd clicking on the link in your quoted text would give you this: > Google Play has used delta algorithms since 2012, and we recently rolled out an additional delta algorithm, bsdiff