Google System updates make your Android devices more secure and reliable and give you new and useful features. They include updates from Google to the Android operating system, Google Play Store, and Google Play services. Google System updates are available for phones, tablets, Android TV and Google TV devices, Android Auto-enabled vehicles, Wear OS devices, and Chrome OS devices. Learn more about Google System updates.
Every week, the Google Play Store provides:
- New Features to help you discover the Apps & Games you love.
- Optimizations allowing faster and more reliable download and installation.
- Continuous improvements to Play Protect to keep your device safe.
- Various performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements to security, stability and accessibility.
Every 2 weeks, Google Maps (Android Automotive) provides bug fixes and improvements that help you discover new places, navigate to them, and more.
January 2025
Android System Intelligence U.41/V.16 (2025-01-20)
- [Phone] Bug fixes and improvements to Pixel Now Playing Album Art feature.
Google Play Store v44.6 (2025-01-20)
- [Auto, PC, Phone, TV, Wear] If you’re in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal, you can now use your local currency to make purchases in Google Play.
- [Phone] With this change, you will be able to see a VPN badge on independently verified VPN apps.
Google Play services v25.02 (2025-01-20)
Device Connectivity
- [Phone, Wear] We’ve fixed issues with device connections-related services to improve your overall experience.
Google Play Store v44.5 (2025-01-13)
- [Phone] With this new feature, you’ll get search results snippets in English (US) that are more relevant to your query.
Google Play services v25.01 (2025-01-13)
Developer Services
- [Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Utilities related processes in their apps.
Android WebView v132 (2025-01-07)
- New developer features for Google & 3rd party app developers to support functionality related to displaying web content in their apps.
- Improvements to security and privacy and updates for bug fixes.
Important: Some features may be experimental and available to certain users.
Google Play Store v44.4 (2025-01-06)
- [Phone] You can find different formats on the App details page when you browse more apps.