What’s New In Android’s February 2025 Google System Updates [U: 2/24]

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”:

• Adaptive Connectivity Services: Search the “All apps” list in Settings and open App info for the version number
• Android System Intelligence: App info
• Android System Key Verifier: App info
• Android System SafetyCore: App info
• Android TV Core Services
• Android WebView: App info
• Device Health Services: App info
• Settings Services: App info
• Google Play Store: App info
• Google Play system update: Settings > About phone > Android version
• SIM Manager: App info

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

As announced earlier this month, School Time lets parents “automatically limit or adjust phone functionality and restrict app access during school hours.”

Google Play services v25.07 (2025-02-24)

Account Management

• [Phone] With this feature, you’ll be able to use School Time on supervised phones.

Security & Privacy

• [Phone] With this feature, Android’s Security and Privacy settings page notifies you when phone updates are available.

Wallet

• [Phone] With this feature, users will get a notification when a digital ID card issuer is temporarily unavailable.
• [Phone] With the update in Google Wallet, you’ll get feature enhancements to digital IDs.

Google Play Store v45.1 (2025-02-24)

• [Phone] The updates to the deep link experience make it easier for you to discover high quality apps on the Play Store.
• [Phone] You’ll find updated UX for purchase offers on Google Play.

Android System Intelligence V.21 (2025-02-21)

• [Phone] Fixed UI issues in Live Captions.

Google Play services v25.06 (2025-02-17)

Utilities

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

Wallet

• [Phone, Wear] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Digital Wallet & Payments related processes in their apps.
• [Phone] With this update, you’ll get an improved Factory Reset flow.

Google Play Store v45.0 (2025-02-17)

• [Phone] When you start a search, sponsored suggestions will now include a description for the ad.
• [Phone] You can now find Play Collections when you search for Collections.

Google Play services v25.05 (2025-02-10)

Developer Services

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

Device Connectivity

• [Auto, Phone, TV] We’ve fixed issues with device connections-related services to improve your overall experience.
• [Phone] With updates to Quick Share, you’ll get an improved setup and onboarding experience.

Google Play Store v44.9 (2025-02-10)

• [Phone] Collections is now enabled on Android 10-12 devices in the US. Users can add the Play widget to access Collections by long pressing Play Store App icon or from Android widget settings on those devices.
• [Phone] [Wear] You can now install and remotely set watch faces directly from the Phone Play store listing without the need to use your watch.

Google Play services v25.04 (2025-02-03)

Account Management

• [Phone] With the new entry point for Family Link in Google Settings, you can now manage your family group more easily.

Developer Services

• [Auto] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Machine Learning & AI related processes in their apps.

Device Connectivity

• [Auto, Phone, TV, Wear] Bug fixes for Device Connections related services.
• [Phone] With this new feature, you can continue your Quick Share transfers over Wi-Fi or mobile data even if the sender or receiver loses direct connection.

Utilities

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

Google Play Store v44.8 (2025-02-03)

• [Phone] With this new feature, you’ll get UI updates when you create a Play Games profile.
• [Phone] Tablet pQuality version 3 updates the system to evaluate the app quality on tablets and ChromeOS devices.

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