Mobile data is very costly. We have all experienced consuming our data plan, and have to pay extraordinarily high bills. The content we share is increasing in size and as a result, consuming data is commonplace. To help Android users save money on data, Google just announced a brand new app called ‘Datally.’

According to Google, Datally is “an app that helps you understand, control and save data.” The app will help you manage your data by showing which apps are using it and at what times; it will even give you hints to cut down data usage based on your past activity and alert you in the presence of Wi-Fi networks. Datally will also permit you to stop all background data consumption so that only the app you are currently using will use mobile data. Users will also have the ability to select certain apps that are allowed to consume data. And of course, you’ll be informed about data usage, and can see results by app.

Datally is part of Google’s ‘Next Billion User’ initiative, which is focused on making Google products more readily available in countries where mobile connection is limited. The idea is to focus on essential features such as data and storage management, and as a result, Datally weights only 6MB.

For countries where mobile data plans are expensive, this is also good. For example, before releasing Datally, Google tested the app in the Philippines. Users were able to save approximately 30% of data (on average) with Datally. This may not sound like a lot, but in fact it’s a remarkable achievement. Hopefully we’ll see similar results in our testing of the app.

The bottom line is that Datally sets the intention to handle our data consumption. The app may not surprise stock Android users, as a similar feature is present within settings, but it’s sure to provide an extra boost. Datally is available now for Android devices running 5.0 Lollipop or later. Grab it from the download link in brackets included just below the embedded video, which shows how the app works.

[Datally – Download Link]

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