How to update the
Google Play Store app on your Android device the easy way, no APK download
necessary
Google will update the Play Store
app from time to time, and since it’s not an app that is found in the actual
Play Store, there hasn’t been a known way to grab the update other than
downloading an APK and installing it over your current version. Now that is
fairly easy, and in most cases pretty safe, but there is an even easier way to
get the update. You won’t have to download a special APK or do anything crazy.
I think you will be surprised at just how simple it really is, and I was
shocked when Jason Howell recently mentioned it on the All About Android
podcast. So hit the break to find out how.
The first thing you want to do is
open the Play Store App and tap on the hamburger (three line) icon at the top
left to open the list of options. You want to select “Settings” from this slide
out menu.
Once you are in the “Settings”
screen, scroll all the way down and you will see “Build Version. ” All you have
to do is tap on it. If there is a new version, you will then get a popup
telling you a new version will be installed. Just tap “OK.” The update might
take a few minutes to take.
You can go back into settings and
you should see a new build number. In this case, I updated from 4.6.17 to
4.8.20. Now when you tap on the “Build Version” number, you should get a popup
telling you that the “Google Play Store is up to date.”
That’s all there is too it. Pretty
simple right?
taken from talkandroid.com
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