Laravel URL to file in storage does not work in browser

I have this filesystem config for my folder:

'apks' => [
    'driver' => 'local',
    'root' => storage_path('app/public/apks'),
    'url' => env('APP_URL') . '/storage/apks',
    'visibility' => 'public',
]

Here are app apks saved.

I need to return the URL to the file (NOT THE FILE ITSELF).

The android APK manager will then download and install the file by using the URL.

The URL is created by calling:

Storage::disk('apks')->url($result->filename)

It works, the URL looks like this:

https://www.example.com/storage/apks/app-debug.apk

BUT it can not download the file.

Also if I use this URL in the browser I get a 404 error

I would have expected that the file will be downloaded.

via Chebli Mohamed