What’s new in Android’s July 2025 Google System Updates

The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers.

The following first-party apps comprise the “Google System”:

A feature appearing in the changelog does not mean it’s widely available. Some capabilities take months to fully launch.


Google Play services v25.31 (2025-08-11)

Developer Services

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  • [Auto, Phone, TV] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Utilities related processes in their apps.
  • [Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Maps related processes in their apps.

Device Connectivity

  • [Auto] Bug fixes for Device Connections related services.

System Management

  • [Phone, Wear] Updates to system management services that improve Device Connectivity.
  • [Auto, PC, Phone, TV, Wear] Updates to system management services that improve Privacy.

Utilities

  • [Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Utilities related processes in their apps.

Wallet

  • [Phone, Wear] Bug fixes for Wallet related services.
  • [Phone] If you’re eligible, you’ll now find an invite to add Pix account in Wallet.

Google Play Store v47.6 (2025-08-11)

  • [Phone] At the top of the Apps tab, we’ve added a new featured format.

Google Play services v25.30 (2025-08-04)

Account Management

  • [Auto] We’ve improved the onboarding and sign-in process for Automotive.

Security & Privacy

  • [Phone] With this new feature, you can now add an optional security question for Remote Lock.

Utilities

  • [Phone] Bug fixes for Utilities related services.
  • [Phone] You can now use the Autofill with Google shortcut on Gboard to fill in credentials and payments faster.

Wallet

  • [Phone, Wear] With this update, you can now access multi-family residential in Google Wallet.
  • [Phone] With this feature, Pix users in Brazil get a tone and vibration after a tap transaction completes.

Google Play Store v47.4 (2025-08-04)

  • [Phone] With this update, quests now give you Play Points when you play and rediscover games you love.
  • [Phone] You can now see paragraph review summaries and review topic chips on details page and review topic level summaries on all reviews page.

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