Although the most prominent updates for Android devices usually arrive annually or every three months, Google You’re looking for small improvements to Android that don’t amount to a full system upgrade and this would be a great example.
And it is that, Google has just presented the February 2023 Android security patches for phones pixelwhile also exposing some bugs that are fixed for all phones Android this month.
This novelty, as they explain in their support blog, includes Google enhancements to the Android operating system, the Google Play Store, and Google Play services. “System updates from Google are available for phones, tablets, Android TV and Google TV devices, vehicles with Android Auto, Wear OS devices, and Chrome OS devices”they add.
As we’ve already stated, the February security patch is rolling out to all currently supported Google phones, starting with the Pixel 4a and 4a 5G up to the Pixel 7 series and Pixel 6a. In Samsung’s case, things shouldn’t take too long for the latest phones, but These news could come later for other manufacturers.
Google Play system update February 2023: these are its news
The February 2023 Google Play system update adds new features to help you discover the apps and games you love, offers faster and more reliable downloads and installations, improves Play Protect to keep your device safeas well as brings several performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements in security, stability and accessibility, as expected.
In addition, the update includes new developer features for Google and third-party app developers to support machine learning and AI-related developer services in their apps. One more step from Google towards its new goals in AI.
“By default, Google system services automatically update your device with security updates, bug fixes, and new features. Depending on your country, you can change the automatic update preferences on your device”they explain.
If you want to update the system Android, in the case of a Pixel phone, it is as simple as going to the system settings of your phone, looking for the System option and there you will find the update, thus starting the installation. Qualify that the Pixel 3a and older phones are no longer supported, as have received three years of operating system and security updates (September 2022).
In other cases, you can find the Google Play system update through the Settings section, in About phone, Android version and there you will see the Google Play system update.