The technical characteristics of mobile phones have improved a lot in recent years, although we have a few with some fairly stagnant numbers. Some of the numbers that buyers look at when purchasing a device aren’t really important, like the number of MPx of a camera. But others are essential.
One of the three most common reasons for changing cell phones has to do with one of these numbers. Besides screen breakage or battery wear, The most common reason for changing smartphones is lack of memory. A few years ago this was less critical because it could be expanded via microSD, but currently many even mid-range mobile phones do not have this option.
Thus, the functions of operating systems that allow free up memory without having to delete apps. In addition to the ability to upload images and photos to the Android cloud, you can also archive apps without having to uninstall them.
Archiving of applications
This feature has been with us since 2022 and can be used on phones with Android 12 or later. To activate this function, you must go to the Play Store application and navigate to the Settings. In the account settings you need to go to General then activate the purchase option Automatically archive applications.
The system will store in the cloud the data of the applications that we have installed but which we hardly ever use. When they are reused, the system will download and execute them, without the need to re-enter access data, as they will not have been deleted.
Managing archived applications
To access archived apps in Google Play, open the app, tap the icon in the upper right corner, select Manage apps and devices and there, go to Manage. All you have to do is select the filter Archive, which appears by sliding the filter list to the left.
This functionality, as we said, is already available for current mobile phones that have a modern version of the system, but it depends on the compatibility of the applications. Under Android 15, this will go even further. The version of the mobile operating system to be announced this year will include native functionality for application archiving, giving the user greater control, manual and automatic archiving options and greater efficiency than the previous method. current from the Google Play Store.
