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- Google Play Services could soon get a new “System services” section.
- This section will help track updates for core Android system apps, ensuring they remain up-to-date.
Over the past few years, Android OEMs have decoupled many important system app updates from being part of their firmware. Instead, OEMs now increasingly rely on the Google Play Store to ship system app updates, which helps deliver these crucial app updates to entire lineups without requiring a full firmware update rollout. However, for you as a user, these system app updates end up residing in the same place as your regular app updates, so there’s no quick way to ensure that all important system app components are updated. Google is working to make this easier with the new “System services” section in Google Play Services.