Google began publishing changelogs for the Google Play System Updates it distributes to Android devices at the end of last year (phones, watches, TVs, and tablets). The addition of a changelog for these updates is significant since, for the first several years, we had no idea what was contained in them. They were a mystery, which is unsurprising given their impact on nearly every Android device.
The world first became aware of these changelogs a week
ago when a January update was released. The update detailed ten changes to your
Android device, ranging from essential fixes to system management tweaks and
Google Play Store enhancements. Google updated the January update page today to
include an additional ten items that will be available via Google Play Services
and the Google Play Store.
Google Play Services v22.02.03 and Google Play Store
v28.8 will be accessible as part of these new updates. On January 14, a new
batch of upgrades began trickling out.
Thus, what is new? According to Google, the company is enhancing the help experience and introducing manual credential additions to the Google Password Manager. There includes a new discovery flow that explains what's new in significant system upgrades, a new method for signing in to Android TVs using your Android phone, enhancements to numerous Wallet areas, and a handful of Developer Services items.
Account Management
[Auto, Phone, Tablet, TV, Wear OS] Improve the support experience for the Google Account on Android by serving more relevant content to users based on entry point.
Security & Privacy
[Phone] With password addition, you can manually add credentials for apps and sites to the Google Password Manager.
Support
· [Auto,
Tablet, TV, Wear OS, Phone] New user discovery flow on supported Android
devices to explain what’s new in a major operating system update.
Utilities
· [Phone]
With the update to Android TV, users will have a new way of signing in to their
TV using Android Phones.
· [Phone]
With updates to the new version of Contact UI, users can opt in to consents.
Wallet
· [Phone]
Users will have the ability to search for the agency they are looking for
without manually scrolling.
· [Auto,
Tablet, TV, Wear OS, Phone] Some eligible cardholder users will default to SMS
verification.
· [Phone,
Wear OS] Improvements to Wallet landing experience.
Developer Services
· New
developer features for Google & 3rd party app developers to support ads,
analytics & diagnostics, machine learning & AI-related developer
services in their apps.
· Improvements
to the Sign in with Google user interface.
Again, these new updates began rolling out a couple of
days ago.
To check for updates to the Google Play Store, head
into the Store, tap your profile (top right), then Settings>About, and tap
“Update Play Store.”
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