You will soon be prompted to update crashed apps in the Google Play Store

 You will soon be prompted to update crashed apps in the Google Play Store

 

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The Google Play Store is a crucial component of the Android experience because it houses all of the stock apps for Android smartphones and tablets. It regularly receives new features and security updates that fix any flaws that have already surfaced. The November 2022 Play Store system upgrade's changelog mentioned a new alert that would appear in the app market and advise customers to update a frequently crashing app if a new version is available. The business said that it is deploying the functionality on its Android developer blog, months after we first learned about it.

 

 

 

Regardless of the platform they prefer, every smartphone user has experienced forced app closures or crashes at some point. In order to alert Android users of these apps to the issue, Google is letting them know that a fix is currently available.

 

 

 

More crucially, Google claims that its algorithms will automatically enable the popup when it determines that an update might lower the rate of app crashes, so developers don't need to do much to enable the prompt. The new notification that will soon be seen by most Android users is better understood in the screenshot below. Google did not, however, give a precise launch schedule.

 

 

 

On Android 7.0-powered smartphones and tablets, this prompt will appear. Since the Play Store is the source of the new prompt, it may still appear even if the app it references keeps crashing.

 

 

 

Google added that it would use specific thresholds to decide whether to deliver the prompt. These include determining the degree of user activity using information from Android Vitals and putting a cap on how often an individual user can see the prompt to upgrade the app if they choose not to.

 

 

 

It should be noted that these prompts will not appear for programs installed through sources other than the Google Play Store. Google consistently advises consumers to only download apps from reliable and trustworthy sources, with the Play Store being one such source.

 

 

 

However, this function is a great addition, especially if the Play Store's auto-update feature is not turned on. Similar prompts alerting users to an updated version are already present in Android apps. However, this enhanced prompt focuses specifically on apps that are crashing or closing by themselves.