Google releases numerous updates for its products every month. The new Android Security Bulletin has already been published, as have the Pixel updates. The company has now also published the May changelog for the “Google system updates”.
Google system updates are not only related to Android, they also include updates from Google for the Android operating system, the Google Play Store and Google Play services. Google system updates are available for smartphones, tablets, Android TV and Google TV, vehicles with Android Auto, Wear OS devices, and Chrome OS devices.
And May has these fixes and improvements in-store – only the innovations for Android Auto, Android on the smartphone and the TV are currently the only thing that catches the eye. With Nearby Share, users can now share content more seamlessly between their devices signed in with the same account.
Critical Bug Fixes
- [Car, Phone, Tablet, TV, Wear OS] Bug fixes for Account Management, System Management and Diagnostic Services [2].
Account management
- [phone, tablet] Migrate the existing onboarding flow for setting up devices for supervised work accounts to a web-based account [2].
Device Connections
- [Car, Phone, TV] Nearby Share now allows users to share content more seamlessly between their devices signed into the same account.[2]
Google Play Store
- Improvements to the “play-as-you-download” feature that allows gamers to start playing mobile games while the app download continues to reduce waiting times[3].
- New features to help you discover the apps and games you love.[3] Optimizations that allow for faster and more reliable downloads and installs.[3]
- New features for the Play Pass and Play Points programs.[3] Google Play billing improvements.[3] Continuous improvements to Play Protect to protect your device.[3] Various performance optimizations, bug fixes, and security, stability, and accessibility improvements.[3]
Support
- [Car, Phone, Tablet, TV, Wear OS] Design improvements to the Google Help app.[2]
System management
- Updates to system management services that improve stability and performance.[2]
Developer services
- New developer capabilities for Google and third-party app developers to support ads, location services, and usage-based developer services in their apps[2].
[2] Available via Google Play Services v22.15 updated 05/02/2022.
[3] Available via Google Play Store v30.3 updated on 05/02/2022.