When you download something from the internet using an Android smartphone or tablet via the Chrome browser, you may notice that there is no possibility to manage downloads as you would on a computer instead. The downloads on Android are in fact taken in charge by the Download app, which is pre-installed in every smartphone and which manages the list of downloaded files allowing us to be able to open, view, delete them. On the notification bar an icon with the down arrow indicates that there is a download in progress and allows us to see what is missing at the end of the download. The Download application can be different in each smartphone, be more or less beautiful, more or less efficient. If, however, it is of the standard type, without options and without the possibility of managing downloads or resuming interrupted downloads, here are some free apps to install to have a better download manager on Android .
1) Checketry: File and Download Manager is the best app of this kind of 2019, with cross-platform support (check downloads from PC), support for Steam, download of torrent files and that integrates with both Firefox and Chrome. The app allows you to manage and store all the files downloaded from the internet.
2) Advanced Download Manager is one of the most popular applications to manage downloads on Android, capable of downloading up to 3 files simultaneously, increasing the download speed using multi-threading and intercepting links directly from the browser. The application also has some good automation features, such as the ability to automatically pause when the battery level is low, automatic recovery in case of errors and if the connection is no longer available. You can also choose to download files via Wi-Fi only and put downloads in the queue.
3) Download Manager is a simple app with old graphics that does nothing but replace the default Android Download app by providing a few more options. The application is able to automatically detect links from sites open on Chrome, it can manage parallel downloads up to a maximum of 10.
4) Turbo Download Manager is another alternative application that can dramatically increase download speeds by about 5 times (they say). The application interface is quite simple and easy to use and allows you to download multiple files at the same time, retrieve links from the browser, optimize the buffer size, pause and resume downloads at any time. On devices with Android 5.0 or higher the files can also be saved directly to the SD card.
5) Download Manager for Android is a very popular app that can automatically manage downloads of APK, RAR, ZIP, MP3, DOC, XLS, etc. files, with speed improvements up to 3 times. The application includes its own web browser so that you can open download sites directly from there. In addition, this app is also able to play music and manage files on your mobile phone.
6) Download All Files is the most beautiful app graphically to manage downloads on Android, with the ability to increase the download speed of files, also defining the priorities in case of multiple downloads. Like the others, interrupted downloads can resume which is important.
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