Android Go is the lightweight version of Google’s flagship operating system, and a big part of it is the Go-branded variants of its apps, which help make the system be even lighter on lower-end hardware. Google Go is an optimized version of search which is designed to take up minimal space on phone storage.
These Go apps were originally designed for emerging markets and low-end devices, but recently the company has been broadening their availability, renaming Files Go to Files by Google, and launching Gallery Go for anyone who wants to use it.
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It seems the tech giant is set on offering its lightweight options to everyone, as today, the company announced that Google Go, the light version of its search app, is now available to download on Play Store for Android users all over the world. The app comes in at just over 7MB, and it’s available for any Android device running version 5.0, Lollipop, or higher. The major deal with Google Go is it prevents spotty connections from messing up your searches by putting you back where you left off once you’re back online.
In addition to the basic search capabilities, the app also has some new features that were revealed back at Google I/O, like camera translation, or the ability to have real-life text read aloud to you. You can also have the translation be read out loud, which is pretty handy for handicapped users.
