- Around Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the “Google Play System Update,” part of the monthly “Google System Updates” designed to enhance security and reliability, began rolling out to Android devices.
- This is the first update in about two months since the January 2026 version of the “Google Play System Update” was released around Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
- However, it features a mysterious downgrade where the update status reverts to [Update date: November 1, 2025].
Around Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the “Google Play System Update,” which is included in the monthly “Google System Updates” to improve security and reliability, began rolling out for Android devices.
As the name suggests, the “Google Play System Update” is a system update related to “Google Play” that is deployed as part of the broader “Google System Updates.” It primarily governs security aspects related to “Google Play.” Specifically, the contents of the “Security Patch Level” published on the 1st of every month in the “Android Security Bulletin” are generally deployed once a month as a “Google Play System Update.”
For more details, please refer to the article below.
This “Google Play System Update” is the first update in about two months since the January 2026 version released around Wednesday, December 10, 2025. However, mysteriously, after applying the update, the status reverts to [Update date: November 1, 2025]. It is a regression into the past.
Additionally, the version of “Mainline services,” the system service app that manages the “Google Play System Update,” also reverts from the original v2026-01-01S+ to v2025-11-01S+. Whether this is an update or a downgrade remains unknown at this time.
How to Check for Google Play System Updates
You can check for “Google Play System Updates” on your Android device by going to [Security & privacy] → [System & updates] within the device settings and tapping [Google Play system update].
In addition, you can check for the availability of “Google Play System Updates” via the new “Mainline services” app, which began rolling out around November 19, 2025 (Wednesday) as part of the “System services” list required for the Android platform to function correctly.
“Mainline services” App Link
Source：Google
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