How to Update Apps on Google Play

Last Updated: March 4, 2021

Apps you download on Google Play will sometimes receive updates. These updates may contain fixes for security issues, updates, stability fixes, and many more. By default, these apps are updated automatically as long as you are connected to the Internet or your mobile data. But if you want to manually update your apps, see step 1 to learn how.

Steps

1
Launch Google Play on your Android device. Tap the Google Play Store icon on your home screen to launch the application.
2
Tap the Play Store icon. The icon is at the top-left corner of the app. Tapping this will pull out the side menu on the left.

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3
Tap “My Apps” on the pull-out menu. You will be directed to the page where all your installed apps are displayed. All apps with available updates will be under the Updates section.
4
Update all apps. If you want to update all the apps with updates available, just click the “Update All” button at the right of the Updates section. All apps will start downloading their respective updates.
- If you want to update apps individually, move on to the next step.
5
Select an app to update. Tap any app under the Updates section to go to that app's description page.
6
Update the app. Tap the “Update” button at the right side of the app description page to begin the download of the update. Once the download is finished, the update is automatically installed.