2025年12月17日

Android Google Play Store v49.3 Update (December 16, 2025)

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Around Tuesday, December 16, 2025, version v49.3 (version: 49.3.21-31 [0] [PR] 844982195) of the Android app store “Google Play Store” app was released.
Three new features have been added: the rollout of “Ask Play,” a new feature with an improved chat UI that lets you talk to it like a personal assistant; a setting to control how the data and types of data stored in your Google Account’s “Google Play” history are used; and the display of personalized content from your installed travel apps.
Notably, “Ask Play” is a major new feature for the Android “Google Play Store” app in recent times.

Around Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the Android app store “Google Play Store” app began rolling out version v49.3 (version: 49.3.21-31 [0] [PR] 844982195).

The v49.3 update for the Android “Google Play Store” app adds three new features, as announced in the “Google System Release Notes,” an update for “Google System Updates” which includes new features to enhance the security and reliability of Android-related devices. The new features include: the rollout of “Ask Play,” a new feature with an improved chat UI that lets you talk to it like a personal assistant; a setting to control how the data and types of data stored in your Google Account’s “Google Play” history are used; and the display of personalized content from your installed travel apps. Notably, “Ask Play” is one of the most significant new features for the Android “Google Play Store” app in recent times.

However, even after applying the v49.3 update to the Android “Google Play Store” app, the rollout of “Ask Play” has not yet been confirmed at this time.

Android Rolls Out New “Ask Play” Feature

In the December 2025 "Google System Release Notes"…

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■ Android “Google Play Store” App v49.3

・Rollout of “Ask Play,” a new feature with an improved chat UI that lets you talk to it like a personal assistant.
・In the menu, you can now directly adjust controls for personalization and data collection by setting how the data and types of data stored in your Google Account’s “Google Play” history are used.
・Starts displaying personalized content from your installed travel apps.

Android “Google Play Store” App v49.3