- Several Samsung Galaxy phones were stuck on the old May 2023 Google Play System Update for no apparent reason.
- However, many of these stuck phones can now receive the November 2023 Google Play System Update.
- The cause of the issue remains unknown, and the fix is to check for a Play System Update and hope you can receive and install the new one.
Google Play System Updates (GPSU) are another word for Project Mainline module updates and are not to be confused with updates to the Google Play Services app or the Play Store app. You probably didn’t even know these updates existed, and we wouldn’t fault you if you didn’t notice that your Samsung Galaxy smartphone hasn’t received these updates for many months. Thankfully, whatever the issue was, it appears that it has now been fixed, and your Galaxy smartphone can receive the missing updates once again and be properly up-to-date.
Galaxyclub reports that many Samsung smartphones have started receiving their overdue Google Play System Updates again, letting them update several stuck Galaxy phones to the November 2023 Google Play System Update. Previously affected units that they can now update include the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Fold 5, and the Galaxy S23 FE. In some instances, the download did stop, and on the Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A34, the update didn’t even appear. But they were able to succeed after a few attempts.