What you need to know
- Google Play Store continues to send several update notifications to Pixel and Samsung users.
- These notifications seem to come from the first part Google applications requiring an update, even if they have been updated to the latest version.
- The rejection of these notifications does not seem to make them disappear, because they continue to recur after a few minutes.
Recently, Google has made a series of mass cuts and eliminated several applications on Play Store which were part of a massive advertising fraud that swallowed them up. Today (March 18), Android users are frustrated by a sort of bug that is taken over the Play Store – constant notifications that asked them to update the application.
According to 9TO5GOOGLEThese notifications were sent by first -party applications such as Google messages, Google research, etc. Asking users to update the application, otherwise they will not work properly.
However, once users have clicked on the notification in which they are taken Google Play Store home pagewhile vain; Since applications do not display any update available to be installed. The latest update version available to date is V25.09.33.
An update of Google Play Playom services in Google Messages this morning. pic.twitter.com/pxvrdy1dnuMarch 18, 2025
That’s not all, the most frustrating thing that users say is that this notification never disappears. He continues to make appear every two minutes even after being dismissed, more like a bug completed.
This bug seems to have an impact on all Android devices users, including Google Pixel and Samsung phone owners. Such a pixel user went to Reddit, indicating that they had dealt with this problem all morning and even tried to restart the phone too and delete the cache and storage for the Google Play and Google Play Store services, but that didn’t do much either. The notification was constantly returning with different Google applications appearing in the notifications tab.
Another Declared user “This happens on my S25 Ultra but not my Pixel 9 Pro XL. Ultra executes version 25.09.62 while the pixel performs version 25.10.33. The two are on a non -beta firmware.”
Some even suggested checking the updates while heading towards Security and confidentiality> Updates. However, for the moment, there does not seem to be any solution in sight. Android Central has contacted Google about this current bug and will update this article once we have more information.
It is important to note that all the troubleshooting stages that users have mentioned on the Reddit Threads are simply suggestions and are not official guidelines to resolve the problem.
