What is Google Play Services and how do you update it?
Your Phone Can’t Update Applications? Here’s How To Update Google Play Services – When buying Android, of course, we are already equipped with Google Play Services or what is commonly referred to as Google Play Services.
Although it looks trivial, this application is a support for the running of several Google applications. In fact, without this application other applications also cannot be updated.
Unfortunately, not everyone understands the meaning and how to update Google Play Services. Well, if you are one of them, let’s see more below.
What is Google Play Services?
Google Play Services is a default application from Google that functions to control all activities of a series of Google applications such as Google+, Maps, Gmail and so on.
Also read: How to Overcome Google Authentication on the Play Store
In fact, this application can also access all the information on the device, including personal settings to sync contacts. The functions of Google Play Services are:
- Doing Google Maps updates automatically following system updates.
- Speed up offline search on maps.
- Improve gaming performance.
- Manage ads from various apps.
- Detect malicious applications and potentially spread viruses.
- Control other applications that are connected with Google applications.
How to Update Google Play Services?
How to Update Google Play Services Through Play Store
- Before updating Google Play Services through the Play Store, first make sure that the internal memory or RAM on the device is sufficient. To do this update you need about 50 MB.
- The next step is to open the Google Play Store application.
- Then type Google Play Services, it will appear at the very top of the search list for applications installed on the device.
- Next do the update by clicking Update, then the application will automatically update.
The update process is different from downloading. So, later the amount of memory used will increase. To work around this, you can delete all data and junk files in the application first.
Besides freeing up memory, it also serves to lighten the performance of the Google Play Service application. However, of course all the old data will be lost.
How to remove it is very easy, namely entering the Settings menu on Android. Then select Apps and scroll until you find the Google Play Services app. After that, open the application and click Ckear Cache and Clear Data.
How to Update Google Play Services Via APK Download
- Enter one of the browsers on the device.
- After that, type Google Play Services in the search field or you can go directly to the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en. In addition, you can also download via the Apkpure website at the link https://apkpure.com/google-play-services/com.google.android.gms.
- Next, select it and click download. Wait until the download process is complete.
- The next step is to activate the installation of applications from unknown sources first in the Settings menu, select Security and activate (tick) the option Unknown Source.
- Then open the application file in the download folder and click Install to install it. So that this application does not overlap with the old Google Play Service application, it is better to delete the unused application first.
This second method is generally done if the Google Play Service on Android has an error and cannot be updated through the Play Store.
One of the markers this application needs to be updated is when a notification appears “This app won’t run unless you update Google Play Service‘ when you open it.
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Well, that was the tutorial on how to update Google Play Services that can be used as a reference. We recommend downloading or updating through the Google Play Store because it is more in line with each version of Android.
