Latest Google Play Services and Play Store updates bring several improvements to your Android device

Google recently starteddetailing what’s new in its monthly Google Play system updatesafter years of simply rolling out new builds without mentioning their changes. Thesupport pagehighlighted the December 2021 and January 2022 changelogs, with the latter improving timezone management and adding support for new daylight savings time transition changes in several countries. The company has again updated the page to reflect the enhancements delivered by the latest Play Services and Play Store updates.

First spotted byDroid Life, the changes include the ability to manually add login credentials for sites and apps to the Google Password Manager, an improved way of logging in to Android TV using Android phones, and a new discovery flow on supported Android devices to highlight the changes in a major OS update. Below are all the changes that are a part of the January 2022 update for the Play Store and Play Services.

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Account Management

Security & Privacy

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Developer Services

All of the above changes are a part of Google Play Services v22.02.03 and Play Store v28.8, which first started making their way to Android devices last week.

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