{"id":525783,"date":"2026-03-10T01:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525783\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T01:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:54:08","slug":"march-google-play-services-update-includes-many-changes-play-store-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525783\/","title":{"rendered":"March Google Play Services Update Includes Many Changes, Play Store Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/tag\/google-play\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a> services update is inbound, many changes for Android devices in general, but also improvements for the Google Play platform itself.<\/p>\n<p>The changelog for v26.09 lists the ability to control screen brightness in WebViews, additional security options for Find Hub,\u00a0more support for digital credentials inside of Google Wallet, and plenty else.<\/p>\n<p>For Google Play, listed is the new PC Games on Play feature, a revamped wishlist, as well as faster updates for Gamer Profile features. You can view the whole changelog down below.<\/p>\n<p>Google Play services v26.09 Changelog<\/p>\n<p>Account Managment<\/p>\n<p>[Phone] You can now control screen brightness in WebViews.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Services<\/p>\n<p>[Phone] Autofill with Google and Credential Manager now coordinate to prevent simultaneous dialogs, providing a smoother and more seamless experience when signing in or saving passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Security and Privacy<\/p>\n<p>[Phone] With this feature, Find Hub now has additional security options.<\/p>\n<p>System Management<\/p>\n<p>[Auto, PC, Phone, TV, Wear] Updates to system management services that improve Device Connectivity.<br \/>\n[Phone] Updates to system management services that improve Stability.<\/p>\n<p>Wallet<\/p>\n<p>[Phone] You\u2019ll now get more support for digital credentials.<br \/>\n[Wear] You can now pay with your watch at retail stores without launching the wallet app.<br \/>\n[PC, Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Digital Wallet &amp; Payments related processes in their apps.<\/p>\n<p>Google Play Store v50.5 (2026-03-09)<\/p>\n<p>[Phone] With this update, the \u201cLatest official videos\u201d section on app detail pages for selected apps will support portrait format videos.<br \/>\n[Phone] With the new PC Games on Play feature, you can now discover and play your mobile games on your PC.<br \/>\n[Phone] With the revamped wishlist, you can easily save your favorite games and receive notifications when there is a price change.<br \/>\n[Phone] With this update, you get faster updates for Gamer Profile features, such as Streaks, after your latest game activity.<br \/>\n[Phone] Purchase select games once to unlock access across your phone, tablet, and PC.<br \/>\n[Phone] Expands the content inventory for media recommendations by including movies and TV shows with poster images.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/product-documentation\/answer\/14343500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fresh Google Play services update is inbound, many changes for Android devices in general, but also improvements&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-525783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}