{"id":162787,"date":"2021-02-05T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=162787"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:14:26","slug":"how-to-update-google-play-store-in-3-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-update-google-play-store-in-3-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Update Google Play Store in 3 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To stay up to date with all that&#8217;s new in the wonderful world of apps, you need to keep your Play Store ahead of the pack. By keeping <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/google-play.en.softonic.com\/windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Play Store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> updated, you&#8217;re assured of having the latest versions of the app going through all the bug fixes and improvements. Just like your Android apps,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/google-play-store.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Google Play Store Android<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also needs essential fixes and features updated. It adds stability and visual changes to your digital store.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Update your Google Play Store<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re ready to learn how to update your Google Play Store, l<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et&#8217;s jump right in.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Open your app<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navigate to the Google Play app on your device<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on Google Play to open it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click the slide-menu button in the app&#8217;s search bar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select &#8216;Settings.&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Step 2: Find your current version.<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scroll down and click on the &#8216;About&#8217; tab.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your version is displayed here. Tap anywhere on it, and if it&#8217;s up to date, you&#8217;ll get a message saying &#8216;Google Play Store is up to date.&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Step 3: Update to the latest version<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you need an update, it will redirect to the download automatically.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Allow the update to complete without interruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You&#8217;ll mostly not even know that your Google Play Store app is updated, as it continually updates automatically in the background. If you&#8217;re like us and like to stay on top of our app&#8217;s performance, these steps will ensure you do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-162796\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Play1_mbl4wy-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>What other apps can I use?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By far, Google Play is the most used digital store globally due to its app cost, distribution, and compatibility. That said, you can expand your reach and take a look at what other great app stores are offering too. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amazonappstore.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon App Store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a close second for Android users and used to be the sole home of Amazon Prime and distribute games for Kindle Fire phones, tablets, and streaming boxes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manufacturers pre-load such devices with the Amazon App Store. If you enjoy thinking and operating outside the box, you might like what the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-store.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aurora Store <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">offers. It&#8217;s a free alternative to Play Store for Android.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To stay up to date with all that&#8217;s new in the wonderful world of apps, you need to keep your Play Store ahead of the pack. By keeping Google Play Store updated, you&#8217;re assured of having the latest versions of the app going through all the bug fixes and improvements. Just like your Android apps, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-update-google-play-store-in-3-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How To Update Google Play Store in 3 Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9207,"featured_media":162793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":11},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2422],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-162787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-play"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325095,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162787\/revisions\/325095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162787"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=162787"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=162787"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=162787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}