In what could be a bug or behavior change, the Google Play Store is not showing available updates for system-level apps. Update 4/1/25: Here’s a list of common Google apps that don’t appear ...

This section will help track updates for core Android system apps, ensuring they remain up-to-date. Over the past few years, Android OEMs have decoupled many important system app updates from ...

In recent times, Google has encouraged smartphone OEMs to convert critical system services into apps, so they can be updated on the fly, just the way you would update an app from the Play Store.

Android 16 introduces a new API, SettingsPreferenceService, that allows apps to integrate their settings directly into the ...