The Android version of Windows platform’s most popular compression tool, the WinRAR, is available and you can download and use this free tool on your Android Smartphone or tablet to compress and decompress files in all known formats. The Android version of the tool is known as RAR for Android and the tool is loaded with all those powerful features which are available on the PC version.Same RARLAB is behind the development of this tool. The recent version of RAR for Android, at the time we are writing this content, is v5.10 build 24 and the full APK file of the tool can be downloaded for free at this page. But before scrolling down to the download link of the APK file, first lets discuss a little about this handy Android app.
Features Contained in RAR for Android: RAR format is one of the most popular file compression technologies across different platforms including Android these days. If you use to download compressed files periodically or if you need to upload different kinds of files, or even if you need to store files on your Smartphone, PC or on any external storage device, then it is an excellent idea to compress those files into a zipped package.
With the help of RAR for Android, you can decompress the downloaded content, if the file was in a compressed form. The tool lets you decompress files with great ease and the beauty of the tool is, it supports almost all known compression formats including RAR, ZIP, GZIP, TAR and many others.
Sometimes, you need to upload multiple files to a server or you need to send a lot of files as attachments in emails. RAR makes this task extremely easy for you. Just compress the files and then upload them to the server or send them via email in a single file form. More importantly, this compression saves you some good bandwidth too, by compressing and reducing the size of the files.
Moreover, when you compress the files for storage purpose, then the compression ensures that your files are safe from viruses and other malicious scripts. In addition, you can protect the compressed data from human thieves too, by password protecting the compressed package.
So these were a few features of RAR for Android platform. If you are owning an Android powered Smartphone or a tablet, then you must download and install RAR on your device as it is a “MUST HAVE” application for all Android users. You can download the full APK file of RAR v5.10 build 24 at below provided link or the tool can be installed from Google Play Store too. Both links are free.
