How to Update Apps on Android

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Open the Play Store, and tap your profile image at the top right.
Choose Manage apps & device.
Tap See details to view pending downloads.

Steps highlighted to manage apps in the Play Store on an Android phone.

If you instead see a link that says See recent updates, then the Play Store thinks everything is up-to-date. You can trigger a manual check by selecting All apps up to date (not pictured here), followed by Check for updates.

Tap Update all to update all your Android app at once, or choose Update next to any app to update just that one.

After triggering an update, you'll see a status message for each app, changing from Pending to Installing, before disappearing entirely from the list.

How to Set Up Automatic Android App Updates

If you like for your apps to always be fresh with the latest updates, you can set up your phone to automatically install app updates as they become available. You can do this globally, for all your apps, or individually for specific apps.

The Play Store settings has an option to turn on automatic app updates.

From the Play Store, tap your profile image at the top right to open the menu
Choose Settings
Tap Network preference
Select Auto-update apps

The network preferences settings in the Android Play store highlighted on an Android phone.

Pick one of the update options: Over any network or Over Wi-Fi only.
Tap DONE to save.

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