Update apps on your Samsung phone or tablet

Person looking at Galaxy Store on their Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

Sometimes app developers will release updates to fix bugs, or make improvements to their apps on the Play Store or Galaxy Store. Keeping your apps updated is the best way to make sure you always have the latest features and the best performance. You don't have to worry about keeping track of updates for every single app on your phone or tablet, however. You can turn on auto-updates and let it do it for you.

The Play Store is like a supermarket for apps; you can find all apps developed and published through Google.

  1. Open the Play Store, tap your profile picture, and then tap Manage apps & device.

  2. Tap Updates available to see what apps need updates.

  3. From here, you can either tap Update next to individual apps, or tap Update all to install all available updates.

List of updates available in the Play Store

In some rare cases in Android 10 or 11, a manual update may fail to complete. Here are additional steps you can take to resolve the issue:

  1. Open your phone’s Settings.

  2. Tap Apps, and then tap Google Play Store.

  3.  Tap Storage, and then tap Clear data.

    Clear data option highlighted on a Galaxy phone
  4. Read the information, and then tap OK.

Note: Doing this will clear some of your Play Store settings like parental controls, auto-update preferences, etc.  Please recheck these settings after following these steps.

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