2 ways to update the Play Store • Android Boss

The objective of updating the Play Store is to obtain the new features that a new version of the app brings, or to correct any problem that the current version has. Normally, the Play Store updates itself. However, it may take several weeks to automatically receive the latest version from when it was originally published. The solution is to force the update in one of the two ways listed below.

Before updating the Play Store to a higher version, the first logical step is to know which version you have installed right now on your Android. For this, open the Play Store. Tap on the menu button at the top left. Select “Settings”. At the bottom of the screen you will see the version number you have installed.

Force update

The easiest way is to force the search for an update, from the same settings of the Play Store application.

Instructions

1. Touch the button at the top left to open the menu.
2. Select «Configuration».
3. At the bottom of the screen, touch two or three times where it says “Play Store version.”

By doing this the application will force a search for an update. If it is already up to date, it will simply report it.

It is important to note that this functionality is only available from version 4.6.16 of the Play Store app.

Manually install the latest version

This method consists of manually downloading and installing the APK file of the latest version from the Play Store.

Before doing this, the phone must be configured to allow the installation of APK files. Basically, you have to go to the Android system Settings, “Security” option and activate the option that says “Unknown sources.”

Instructions

1. Download the latest version APK from the Play Store.
2. Go to the “Downloads” folder of the device. You may need to install a file manager to find the downloads folder, like this or this one.
3. Tap on the downloaded APK file.
4. On the screen that appears, touch “Install”.

Grades

• It is not necessary to previously uninstall the installed version of the Play Store (in fact this cannot be done without root access). When installing the APK, it will automatically replace the version already installed.
• Make sure that the APK you are downloading is actually a higher version than the one installed on your phone. Otherwise, the APK will not install. The version of the APK is indicated on the page from where you download it. You can find out the version of the Play Store that you have installed by going to its settings. You will see the version at the bottom of the screen.

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