Google will shut down Android Instant Apps in December 2025. First introduced in 2017, the feature allowed users to try apps without fully downloading them, offering a way to save time and phone storage.
The company promoted Instant Apps to mobile game developers, hoping shorter download times would attract new users. However, developers had to trim their apps to under 15MB, which proved difficult for most. As a result, the feature struggled to gain wide adoption.
Though a few companies like Wish and Vimeo once supported Instant Apps, most never followed. The service remains available on the Play Store until the end of the year, after which Google Play Instant APIs will be disabled.
Users still interested in testing the feature before its removal can try Ilta-Sanomat, a Finnish news app that remains available in Instant Apps format.
