{"id":940928,"date":"2026-10-21T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940928\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:34:10","slug":"i-use-this-google-play-shortcut-to-update-apps-in-3-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940928\/","title":{"rendered":"I Use This Google Play Shortcut to Update Apps in 3 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The easiest way to update all of your apps through Google Play is through a long-press shortcut on the Google Play icon on your home screen. It\u2019s a handy trick many people don\u2019t know about that will help you keep your apps up-to-date with even less work.<\/p>\n

For years, I can tell you that updating the apps on all of the Android phones I use has been a borderline stressful adventure. Having to open Google Play<\/a>, tap the account icon, then into the My Apps page, and then through to the page that would tell me how many updates were available, took far too long.<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t know about this little long-press trick, this post is for you.<\/p>\n

How to update apps quickly on Google Play<\/p>\n

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Again, the normal process for updating apps would be by opening the Google Play app, tapping your account icon in the top right corner, choosing \u201cManage apps & device,\u201d and then finding a button that would actually update everything.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the introduction of quick actions menus on app shortcuts, your Android phone has some ways to make things so much faster.<\/p>\n

The fastest way to update your Google Play apps is as follows:<\/p>\n

Find the Google Play app icon on either your home screen or in your app drawer<\/p>\n

Long-press on it to activate the quick actions menu<\/p>\n

Choose \u201cMy Apps\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll now be in Google Play and on the app updates page. Look for the \u201cUpdate all\u201d button just under the \u201cUpdates available\u201d section \u2013 tap on \u201cUpdate all\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s it \u2013 your Google Play will now update all of the apps that have updates available<\/p>\n

But what if you want to see which apps have updates before you tell your phone to update them all? You can find that out with one more tap.<\/p>\n

If you tap on the \u201cUpdates available\u201d section (yes, you can tap it), it\u2019ll take you to the Google Play \u201cDownloads\u201d page where you can see which apps have updates available and also individually choose which apps to update. There\u2019s an \u201cUpdate all\u201d button on this page too.<\/p>\n

Bonus tip: Once your apps have all updated, the \u201cDownloads\u201d page will say \u201cYou\u2019re all set\u201d and that all of your apps are up-to-date. However, that isn\u2019t always 100% true. On that same page, there is a \u201cCheck for updates\u201d button that will force Google Play to go looking for additional updates. More often than not, this will return another handful of apps that have updates available.<\/p>\n

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