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Since recently, the Google Play Store is showing different app sizes when downloading updates. The displayed size of the update is X but the downloading size (of the se update) is slightly greater than X.

For example (see attached screenshots):

  • Messenger (FB): 44 MB -- 25% of 46 MB
  • Microsoft Teams: 37 MB -- 29% of 39.01 MB
  • Spotify: 34 MB -- 32% of 36.10 MB
  • Uber: 49 MB -- 22% of 51.00 MB
  • etc., etc., for every other update

Is this a recent bug in the Google Play updater?

Or might it be an indication that I have a virus or spyware installed on my phone?

Uber update size wrong.Spotify update size wrong.Microsoft Teams update size wrong

Some more examples, comparing the size in MiB to the size in MB, as @Robert suggested in his answer:

comparison with MiB vs MB

My main question is: Does anyone else has this issue on their Android phone?

Andrew T.
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The Play Store seems to use MiB (1KiB = 1024 bytes) but displays like Windows "MB" as unit. The download size seems to be measured in MB (1KB = 1000 bytes).

44 MiB = 45,056 KiB = 46,137,344 bytes = 46,137 KB = 46 MB
Robert
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