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Google Play Store is the gateway to all apps on Android mobile phone. It's the safest possible way to install apps on your mobile phone. The Play Store is also responsible for providing the latest app updates to the users which the developers push out from time to time. These app updates contain new features and stability improvements as well as a bug fix for an optimum app experience. Additionally, the Play Store has evolved to the point that it now acts as a security hub for all the installed apps by running security scans, removing unwanted permissions from the apps and even warning the user about potentially harmful apps.
That said, in order for its smooth functioning of security features Google regularly rolls out updates to the marketplace without any user interference. But, in case you want to be double sure whether you're running the latest version of the Play Store or any app for that matter, here's an article that can help you with that. Below is an easy step-by-step guide on how to manually update the Play Store as well as the installed applications on your phone. So without further ado, let's begin.
Google often pushes out a new update to the Play Store through the server for new features and improvements to the app. Although this happens automatically when your device is connected to a stable internet connection, however, at times the update may not land properly on your device and in such cases, you can manually update the Play Store app. Here's how:
In case your Google Play Store are not set to automatic update, you can manually update them. This ensures the apps on your phone function smoothly and also get rid of any bugs and glitches, which may hamper the overall performance of the phone. Here's how to manually update Google Play Store apps to the latest version:
If you don't want to take any headache of manually updating apps on your phone each and every time a new version of the app is available, the Google Play Store has got you covered in that aspect. Here's how you can enable automatic app updates on your Android phone.
In order to check whether the apps installed on your phone are up to date, you can launch the Google Play Store and head over to the manage app settings to see which apps are available for update. Here's how.