It’s a common situation that designers and developers will release new products or app versions to improve users’ experience: fixing known bugs in the previous version, enhancing security, adding new features, and so on. Users would like to get new updates at once to fix some problems or to enjoy the new functions. This article of MiniTool shows you how to update apps on Android in different ways.
Updating the operating system of your Android device is essential. Running the latest versions of Android apps is also very important. It helps you to get the greatest security & stability and gain access to all the new & improved features. So the question is how to update apps on Android. In the following parts, we’ll show you the steps to update apps on Android manually or set your device to get Android app updates automatically.
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How to Update Apps on Android in 2 Ways
It’s easy to update Android apps yourself. You should follow the guides below to get all the Android app updates downloaded and installed successfully.
Update Apps on Android Manually
The first way is to go to Google Play Store for custom update of installed Android apps. You can choose which updates you want to install and which you don’t. Google Play Store is a place where you can find and download apps/digital content from all Android devices.
Play Store update apps:
- Unblock your Android device.
- Find Google Play Store app and open it.
- Click on the Menu button in the upper left corner. It is represented by three horizontal lines.
- Select My apps & games from the drop-down menu.
- If you’re in the Installed tab, look for the apps you want to update and click on the UPDATE button after them one by one.
- You can also shift to the Updates tab and then click on the UPDATE button after the certain apps you want to update.
- Click Update again or Accept to allow the changes and then wait for the updating to finish.
How to update all apps on Android?
- Also, you need to open Google Play Store.
- Tap the three horizontal lines at the upper left.
- Choose My apps & games.
- Shift to the Updates tab at the top of the screen.
- Look for the Updates pending/Updates available section.
- Click on the Update all button to update all the apps in the list.
- Wait for the apps updating process to complete. This may take a long time.
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Update Apps on Android Automatically
In fact, Android devices allow you to set automatic updates just like Apple and Windows. But Android seems more humane, it allows you to set automatic update for a certain app or all apps installed on your device.
How to automatically update a specific app:
- Open Google Play Store app.
- Click on the Menu button in the upper left corner.
- Select My apps & games from the list.
- Go to the Updates tab.
- Select the app that you want to update automatically.
- Click on the More button represented by three vertical dots in the upper right corner.
- Check the Enable auto update option in the prompt window.
How to automatically update all Android apps:
- Again, open the Play Store app.
- Tap the three horizontal lines at the upper left.
- Select Settings from the drop-down menu.
- Click Auto-update apps.
- Select an option from the pop-up window: Over any network or Over Wi-Fi only.
- Click on the DONE button below to confirm.
Turn off Auto Update Android
Obviously, you need to do 2 things to turn off the automatic update on your Android device.
One: uncheck Enable auto update for certain apps.
Please repeat step 1 ~ 6 of How to automatically update a specific app and then uncheck Enable auto update.
Two: check Don’t auto-update apps.
Please repeat step 1 ~ 4 of How to automatically update all Android apps and then check Don’t auto-update apps. After that, click DONE.
That’s all about how to configure Play Store update manually or set auto-update for the Android apps.