Until this year there was no way to track new features and changes in the monthly Play system updates from Google. This finally changed in January, when Google created a special support page to highlight various changes included in each monthly Google Play update. Today, the company revealed the new capabilities and improvements coming in the Google Play March 2022 update.
According to the updated support page, the Google Play March 2022 system update will bring significant bug fixes for device connectivity, developer services, and utility-related services. Additionally, the new update brings an update to the Play Games Services profile to make it easier for users to manage privacy settings .
There are many new changes for the Google Play Store, including improvements to the Play-as-you-download capability, new features for Play Pass (which was recently expanded to India) and the Play Points programs, as well as various other improvements and optimizations for security stability and accessibility. Finally, the March 2022 update brings an improved user experience and «capability training» for NFC/HCE devices.
The full changelog for the Google Play system update for March 2022 is as follows:
Critical fixes
- [Auto, Phone, Tablet, TV, Wear OS] Bug fixes for device connectivity, developer services, security and emergency, and services related to auxiliary programs.
Games
- [Phone, TV] With the update to the Play Games Services profile, users will be able to manage their privacy settings better.
Google Play Store
- Improvements to the “Play-as-you-download” feature that allow players to start playing mobile games while the app download continues to reduce wait times.
- New features that will help you discover the apps and games you love.
- Optimizations that allow for faster and more reliable download and installation.
- New features in Play Pass and Play Points programs.
- Improvements to Google Play Billing.
- Ongoing improvements to Play Protect to keep your device safe.
- Various performance optimizations, bug fixes and enhancements to security, stability and accessibility.
Wallet
- [Phone] Improved user experience and capability training for devices with NFC/HCE capability.
System management
- Updates to system management services that improve device connectivity, network usage, stability, security and updatability.
Developer services
- New developer capabilities for Google and third-party app developers to support advertising, accessibility, analytics and diagnostics, machine learning and AI , and developer services related to security and privacy in their apps.
The Google Play March 2022 system update will be rolling out to Android phones, tablets, Android TV and Google TV devices, Wear OS, and Android Auto devices in the coming days. Google notes that the updated Play Games Services profile, improvements to NFC/HCE devices, and critical bug fixes will arrive with Google Play services v22.09, while Google Play Store improvements will be released with Google Play Store v29.5 starting March 3.
Information source: xda-developers.com
