Need a voice recorder, notepad, or compass? You can download more apps, in addition to the apps preloaded on your phone.

To download apps:

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Browse by category or search.

3. Touch an item to see a description, read reviews, and download it.

   You'll see in the status bar when the app has downloaded and installed successfully.

Before downloading, do some research: check the app's rating and read lots of comments.

To download apps:

1. Open the Chrome app and go to the appropriate site to download the app.

   If you see a warning, touch OK to continue.

   You'll see in the status bar when the download completes.

2. Touch the download notification to install the app. Or, open the Files app to install it later.
3. When installing the app, be sure to review what information the app will access. If you don’t want the app to access this information, cancel the installation. For example, if you're installing an app that makes a shopping list, the app should not require access to your contacts.

Updating your apps gives you the latest features and improves security and stability. For best performance, apps are set to update automatically.

If an app changes the information it wants to access on your phone, you will receive a notification to update the app manually and will be required to review and accept the new permissions.

To control when your apps are automatically updated:

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Touch your profile icon > Settings.
3. Touch Network preferences > Auto-update apps.

4. Select whether apps should:

   • Auto-update over any network
   • Auto-update only over Wi-Fi - save data charges on your cellular plan

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Touch your profile icon > Manage apps & device.

3. Under Updates available:

   • Touch Update all.
   • Or, to update a specific app, touch See details, then touch Update by its name.
   TipTo read the summary of what changed, touch the app name before you update it.

To stop a specific app from updating automatically:

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Touch your profile icon > Manage apps & device.
3. Touch Manage, then touch the app's name.
4. Touch and turn off Enable auto update.

To stop all apps from updating automatically:

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Touch your profile icon > Settings.
3. Touch Network preferences > Auto-update apps > Don't auto-update apps.

If you uninstall an app you got from Play Store, you can reinstall it anytime. Have apps you use infrequently, such as a flight tracker? Delete them and easily reinstall when needed.

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Touch your profile icon > Manage apps & device > Manage.
3. Touch Installed and change to Not installed.
4. Check the box for each app to re-install, then touch .
5. If you have multiple Google accounts, touch your profile icon and next to your account touch . Select the other account and repeat the process to restore apps downloaded in that account.