Besides a big yearly update, the Android phone also receives many other small updates and Google Play System updates are one of them.
Google Play System updates are now more regular. From now on, an update will be shared with the public every month about new features and fixes to issues.
In this article, we’re going to cover what is the latest and current version of Google Play System Update, what changes are included in the updates (month-wise) and how to update Google Play System manually.
- Latest Google Play System Update
- What’s New in the Latest Google System Updates?
- Which Android Devices Receive Google System Updates?
- How to Update Google Play System to the Latest Version?
If you’re unable to update or your Android device is stuck on an older version, check our helpful guide about ways to fix Google Play System not updating.
What is the Latest Google Play System Update?
- As verified on Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 3a devices, the current Google Play System Update is February 1, 2023.
- It may be different depending upon your Android device OEM and model.
Pixel phone users can find what’s new in the latest Google Pixel monthly updates by visiting this link.
What’s New in the Latest Google System Updates?
Check out the improvements and fixes included in the most recent Google Play System Updates below.
All the changes of the February 2023 Google Play System update have arrived with Google Play services v23.06 and Google Play Store v34.4.
As we verified on Pixel 7, Pixel 6 and Pixel 3a devices, Google System Update February 2023 update is available for download. The latest ‘installed‘ update is also February 1, 2023 on both devices.
Google Play System Update February 2023 🔽
Critical Fixes
- [Phone] Bug fixes for system management & diagnostics, and utilities related services.[1]
Device Connectivity
- [Phone] Pin Nearby Sharing heads up notification to screen when shown.[2]
Google Play Store
- New Features to help you discover the Apps & Games you love.[3]
- Optimizations allowing faster and more reliable download and installation.[3]
- Continuous improvements to Play Protect to keep your device safe.[3]
- Various performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements to security, stability and accessibility.[3]
- With LiveOps reporting, you can report bad in-app events, offers, and updates from Apps & Games.[4]
Utilities
- [Phone] Bug fixes for Account Management, and System Management & Diagnostics related services.[5]
Wallet
- [Phone] Updated user experience within Google Pay to send money internationally to IN users using recipient’s phone number via third party services.[5]
- [Phone] This feature provides improvements to the Google Pay experience in Japan.[6]
Developer Services
- [Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Machine Learning & AI related developer services in their apps.[2]
- [Phone, TV] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Ads, and Maps related developer services in their apps.[2][5]
System Management
- [Phone] Updates to System Management, and Usability services that improve Device Performance.[6]
[1]Available through Google Play services v04.23 updated on 02/01/2023
[2]Available through Google Play services v04.23 updated on 02/01/2023
[3]Available through Google Play Store v34.3 updated on 02/01/2023
[4]Available through Google Play Store v34.4 updated on 02/06/2023
[5]Available through Google Play services v05.23 updated on 02/08/2023
[6]Available through Google Play services v06.23 updated on 02/15/2023
Google Play System Update January 2023 🔽
Critical Fixes
- [Phone, Wear OS] Bug fixes for Account Management, Security & Privacy, System Management & Diagnostics, and Utilities related services.[1][3][5]
Device Connectivity
- [Phone] Support for device discovery when screen is off.[5]
Games
- [Phone, PC] Expanding the range of users and use cases supported by the Play Games profile.[2]
Google Play Store
- New Features to help you discover the Apps & Games you love.[3]
- Optimizations allowing faster and more reliable download and installation.[3]
- Continuous improvements to Play Protect to keep your device safe.[3]
- Various performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements to security, stability and accessibility.[3]
Security & Privacy
- [Phone] Password manager helps you save different passwords to your Google account and lets you use them across various websites and devices. With the new change, you will be able to add notes to your existing and new passwords.[5]
Utilities
- [Phone] Improve user experience for auto filling passwords.[5]
Wallet
- [Phone] Visual and infrastructure updates to Wallet mobile web experience.[4] [Phone] Adds contactless data transfer (NFC) restrictions for passes.[5]
Developer Services
- [Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Device Connectivity, Location & Context, Machine Learning & AI, Maps, and System Management & Diagnostics related developer services in their apps.[2][4][5]
- [Phone] Update the platform QR scanner with the ability to select an existing photo and add support for handling Matter and UPI codes from OEM cameras.[4]
System Management
- [Phone] Updates to System Management, and Usability services that improve Device Connectivity, Device Performance, Network Usage, Privacy, Security, Stability, and Usability.[1][2]
[1] Available through Google Play system update for January
[2] Available through Google Play services v23.01 updated on 01/18/2023
[3] Available through Google Play Store v33.5 updated on 01/18/2023
[4] Available through Google Play services v23.02 updated on 01/18/2023
[5] Available through Google Play services v23.03 updated on 01/19/2023
Google Play System Update December 2022 🔽
Critical Fixes
- [Auto, Phone, TV] Bug fixes for Account Management, Security, Stability and Updatability related services.[2][5][6]
Device Connectivity
- [Phone] Update Cast related settings.[2]
- [Phone] Reduce delays in discovering contacts via Nearby share.[2]
- [Phone] Inform the user when casting to a Tablet device needing user interaction.[2]
- [Phone] Revamp the visual and motion design for Nearby Share Android app.[5]
Google Play Store
- New Features to help you discover the Apps & Games you love.[3]
- Optimizations allowing faster and more reliable download and installation.[3]
- Continuous improvements to Play Protect to keep your device safe.[3]
- Various performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements to security, stability and accessibility.[3]
- [Phone] You can now view the installation progress of multiple apps and games as you navigate through Google Play.[3]
- [Phone] Automatically archive apps when you need more storage space while preserving your data.[3]
Security & Privacy
- [Phone] Find My Device now supports encrypted last-known-location reports for Android devices, using a new privacy centric framework.[6]
Support
- [Phone] New feature enabling users to enter feedback description using voice input. Voice input will be enabled and transcribed only when users shows explicit intent to enter voice by clicking on the input button.[5]
Wallet
- [Phone] Beta feature to allow users from selected US state(s) to digitize their state ID/driver’s license into the Google Wallet for convenient, private and secure presentation.[2]
- [Phone] With Wallet, you can now manage payment cards on your Fitbit device.[4]
- [Phone] An internal feature that allows checking the quality of ID images during customer identity verification for Google products.[6]
Developer Services
- New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Ads, Device Connectivity, Location & Context, Maps, and Utilities related developer services in their apps.[2][5][6][7]
System Management
- Updates to system management services that improve device performance, and stability.[2]
[2] Available through Google Play services v48.22 updated on 12/01/2022
[3] Available through Google Play Store v33.5 updated on 12/05/2022
[4] Available through Google Play services v41.22 updated on 12/05/2022
[5] Available through Google Play services v49.22 updated on 12/08/2022
[6] Available through Google Play services v50.22 updated on 12/15/2022
[7] Available through Google Play services v52.22 updated on 12/29/2022
Google Play System Update November 2022 🔽
Account Management
- [Phone] Allow supervised users that do not have time limit features enabled to make changes to the device clock.[2]
- [Phone] Update the design of the Google Account account picker.[9]
Critical Fixes
- [Phone] Bug fixes for Account Management, and System Management & Diagnostics related services.[4][6]
- [Phone] Bug fixes for system management & diagnostics, and utilities related services.[1]
Device Connectivity
- [Phone] Nearby Share will now show in the first row as a sharing option.[6]
Developer Services
- [Phone] Enable photo picker support back to Android 4.4.[5]
- New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Account Management, and Machine Learning & AI related developer services in their apps.[6]
Google Play Store
- New Features to help you discover the Apps & Games you love.[3]
- Optimizations allowing faster and more reliable download and installation.[3]
- Continuous improvements to Play Protect to keep your device safe.[3]
- Various performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements to security, stability and accessibility.[3]
- [Phone] New formats for search results.[3]
- [Phone] Help users to resolve app crashes with new update prompts.[8]
- [Phone] Updates to game cluster views on Play for Chromebooks.[3]
- [Phone] Update to Kids menu format on large screen devices.[3]
- [Phone] Allow automatic updates over limited mobile data of Google Play apps for users who do not have regular access to WIFI.[7]
- [Phone] Archive apps when you need more storage space while preserving your data.[10]
Wallet
- [Phone] Allows merchants to create the GPay button dynamically to customize it.[2]
- [Phone] API update to allow deep links to additional Google Wallet screens.[2]
- [Phone] Improvements to SMART Health Card support within Wallet.[4]
- [Phone] Wallet users can selectively exclude loyalty cards imported from Gmail.[4]
- [Phone] Expand FeliCa payment support to all FeliCa-capable devices in Japan.[4]
- [Phone] Verification notification for users completing an Online transaction with GPay button.[4]
- [Phone] Restrict Passes to a single device or user.[4]
- [Phone] Major improvements that impact the functionality of digital car key.[6]
System Management
- Updates to system management services that improve device connectivity, network usage, security, stability, and updatability.[1]
- [Phone] Support for new daylight saving time change in Fiji and Mexico.[1]
[1] Available through Google Play system update for November
[2] Available through Google Play services v44.22 updated on 11/03/2022
[3] Available through Google Play Store v33.3 updated on 11/14/2022
[4] Available through Google Play services v45.22 updated on 11/10/2022
[5] Available through Google Play services v43.22 updated on 11/04/2022
[6] Available through Google Play services v46.22 updated on 11/17/2022
[7] Available through Google Play Store v32.9 updated on 11/14/2022
[8] Available through Google Play Store v33.2 updated on 11/15/2022
[9] Available through Google Play services v47.22 updated on 11/24/2022
[10] Available through Google Play Store v33.4 updated on 11/24/2022
Source: Product Documentation
Which Android Devices Receive Google System Updates?
- Mobile Phones (Android 10 and higher)
- Tablets
- Android TV and Google TV Devices
- Android Auto-enabled Vehicles
- Wear OS Smartwatches
- Chrome OS Devices
How to Download Google Play System Update Latest Version?
- Open Settings on your Android device and tap Security.
- Under Security status, tap Google Play system update.
- Tap Check for update.
- If there’s any update available, the Download & install button will appear. Tap on it.
Important: ‘Android Security Update’ and ‘Google Play System Update’ both are different, and they won’t necessarily have the same date.
We’ll update here every time the new Google Play System Update is rolled out.
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Feel free to share your device’s version information along with the model name, in the comments below.
https://paste.pics/H4XFL I’ve got 1 May 2022 Update already but on your site its still says 1 April 2022
Nick, thanks for letting us know. Yes, we also received an update 2 days ago and the latest installed Google Play system update is May 1, 2022. Also, the changelog for Google System Updates June 2022 is available now. We’ve updated our post with all the latest changes included in June 2022 update.
hi there, my device is Xiaomi Black Shark 4 and its google play system version is 1 February 2021 and it has no more updates available. This device has announced March 2021! is this normal? when I will get my next update? where’s the problem?
https://paste.pics/FGB35 My device is Xiaomi Poco M2 Pro. My device is running on Android 11 MIUI12.5.3.0.RJPINXM. Security Update of my phone is October 2021. I also received updates of Google Play system updates, but it is still showing 1 August 2021. I recently updated it, but it is still on 1 Aug. I have also performed Factory Reset of my… Read more »
Ashwini, the latest Google Play System Update is December 1, 2021 and latest Android Security Patch is January 5, 2022. But they vary depending upon your Android Device and OEM. Android Security Patches are rolled out by OEMs while Google sends out Google Play System Updates. But Google Play System Update depends upon your device’s model and Android version. You’ll… Read more »
My device is Xiaomi Poco M2 Pro. Its security patch version is November 2021, but google play system update version is August 2021. Why..???
Xiomi Poco M2 Pro got January 2022 Android Security Patch (version V12.5.3.0.RJPINXM). Hope your device may have received Google Play System Update (maybe December 2021 or January 2022) also.
It would be great if you can share the latest version details. It might be useful for other readers too.
I got 1 December 2021 on me Moto g60s uk
On my S20 FE 5G, the latest Google Play System Update is 1 November 2021
Now, it’s January 1, 2022.
Easy ,it can update manually ,1.download main components APK from APKMirror 2.install it and done!.
Is that a safe site
We do not recommend this method. Check out our FAQs for more information about sideloading Google Play System Updates.
Hello there. While I was using the vestel venus e5 device, when I updated it to the android 10 version, the google play system update was stuck on September 1st. there was no new version for a long time. After formatting the device, I started to receive google play system updates. At least for devices that have not received updates… Read more »
Yusuf, we thank you so much for sharing such useful information. It may help many users whose devices are stuck on an old Google Play System Update.
We really do appreciate your efforts. Keep sharing. 🙂
How did you format the device that lead to the google system updates being received? Not clear what steps was taken for formatting the device
Hello there. I formatted the device using the factory reset option in the device settings and this problem was solved. Yours truly.
Google play system update still displays as June 2021 on my samsung s20+. I actually had a play system update about 4 days ago and it appeared to complete successfully and I rebooted. Though the play system version still displays as June 2021 which is what I had before the update. The phone has android 11 August 2021 security update… Read more »
Google Play System Update may vary depending upon the device.
Sometimes, you get a Google Play System Update but the date remains the same as it was before the update. It also happened on our Pixel phone when it was on June 1, 2021.
But we expect that Samsung S20+ will soon be updated to the latest Google Play System.
Download main components from APKMirror and install manually ,I updated Redmi note 8 pro ,Xiaomi pad 5 ,galaxy tab a plus 2019(only have in asia) It worked without problem.
@Mak007_TH -Thanks for this info. I see some comments that the Google main components downloaded from APKMirror just updates the Google Play System last update date on your phone and does not actually install a Play System update.
We’d suggest you to be very careful while side-loading any update files. Such files can brick your phone or put you at a security risk.
I have three Alcatel 1B 2020 32GB phones. One has updated to August 1 2021 update, the other 2 are still on June the 1st 2021 update. Any idea why? When I check for update it says both phones are up to date.
Are you referring to Android Security Update or Google Play System Update? Alcatel 1B 2020 run on Android Go Edition. So, chances that GPSU version might be different from regular Android phones. Once again, we’ve checked for updates on three different Android phones – Google Pixel 3a (Android 11), OnePlus Nord N10 5G (Android 11) and a Redmi Note 8… Read more »
Google Play System update. The Security update on all three phones is still on the 5th of March update. All three phones have the same specs except for the Google Play system update being the 1st of August on one of them and the 1st of June on the other two.
my phone is a sky device elite_g55 and got security update red and it say may 5, 2021 and google play system update red and it December 1, 2020
Have tried attaching photos but not sure if it has worked. No confirmation before posting if the files are attached successfully.
Can you please share them with us on Twitter or Facebook?
Have sent screen cap. as a DM on Twitter.
We got them.
Also, we’d like to inform you that Today we received a Google Play System Update on a Pixel 3a device. The updated version is now August 1, 2021.
the latest Google Play System Update is Agust 1, 2021
We just checked on a Google Pixel phone. It’s still June 1, 2021. Can you please a screenshot and following details in the comment?
– Device Model
– Android Version
– Screenshot (you can upload a screenshot at https://paste.pics/ and share the link in the comments)
TIA