Google is shutting down Android Instant Apps over ‘low’ usage

I just tried a bunch of apps that I swear used to have it, it all of them just say "Open in the real app" now. I wonder if low usage here also means developers stopped using them.

Basically what would happen is you'd click a link to Instagram, and instead of opening a web page, it would open the Instagram "app" instantly. If you then tried to do anything more advanced in the app (advanced decided by the developer) it would prompt you to install the app.

I believe vimeo used it when you tried to watch a video on their site, it worked well.

I remember some video service using it, Vine I think? Also remember some news sites supporting it but its been far too long since I used chrome lol

@Skyline Lime had it (probably still has it). I used to rent a Lime scooter just by choosing "try app". I would then enter the scooter code manually, and I could freely ride how much I wanted. It worked all the time. I'm no longer using this feature, as I have a new phone with a bigger storage, where I installed the Uber app, so whenever I would try the same way it would prompt me to use the Uber app to unlock the scooter.

@fne8w2ah