If you’ve ever updated software on your Android smartphone or tablet, you’ve almost certainly seen that infuriating ‘Optimizing Apps’ popup up card immediately after installing and booting ...

If you did the Android N beta OTA, you might have noticed something is missing—there's no more painfully tedious optimizing apps pop up after the update. This step is over almost instantly ...

In Android N, you’ll be able to install apps faster than ever and also install system updates without slapping the blended cocktail out of the “Optimizing apps…” screen.

Android N will be the first to take up Java 8, and there are some other changes to the ART runtime that means we’ll finally be rid of the “Optimizing Apps” stage after upgrading our devices.

Starting today, Adobe Creative Cloud apps are available for free download, giving the millions of students using Chromebooks the tools they need to be more creative.