Tapping anything on the list takes you to that item's Play Store page so you can either download, buy it, or remove it from your wishlist.

View your Wishlist by going to the Play Store home page, tapping the profile picture button, and tapping the Library option.

You can remove any media by returning to that media's page, repeating the process, except this time select Remove from wishlist.

You can add any app, game, movie, TV show, book, or song/album to your wishlist by going to that media's page, tapping the 3-dot menu in the top right corner, and tapping the Add to wishlist option.

I recommend doing so as it's a senseless waste of data.Īccess, view, and alter your Google Play Wishlist:

While it isn't a download setting, you can also turn off auto-play videos in this part of the menu.

The first option lets you download updates over any connection, the second limits everything to Wi-Fi only, and the third option turns off auto-update entirely. You can set this to only download apps over a Wi-Fi connection, over any network, or to ask you when you choose to download.

The first is App download preferences.

This time, you want to tap the Network preferences section where the download settings live. Tap the profile picture again and go to Settings.

There are actually two download settings in the Google Play Store.

There are also additional options for when a pre-registered app or game launches along with a deals and promotions notification.

You can enable (or deny) notifications for your account, when updates are available, and when updates are installed.

From there, tap the General section and the notifications option should be in there.

Tap your profile picture in the top right corner and tap the Settings option.

There are alternate app stores available for Android as well.Ĭhange Google Play notification settings: OEMs must adhere to a specific set of rules to get Google apps and the Play Store is part of that package. That's why the Play Store isn't available on Android forks like Amazon's Fire OS. It's actually an extra piece of software for Google's specific Android experience. While Google Play is strongly associated with Android, it is not a part of the stock Android experience. It changed its name to the Play Store in March 2012 and it's been that way ever since. It received many UI updates over the years, along with additional content and functionality. The store was originally the Android Market and it came out in October of 2008.

Everything, aside from apps and games, has its own app so you can optionally browse those sections only.

However, the Play Store also sells e-books, TV shows, and movies. People most commonly use the app to download apps and games. So what is the Google Play Store, anyhow? The Google Play Store is a digital storefront for various types of media.

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