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Neither the old android browser nor the old webviews could be updated through the play store.

• eli 12y ago
  Could they in a modern phone? I thought that was part of the point of Google's slightly sneaky updates to "Google Play Services" -- that it allows them to do their own OTA updates sidestepping carriers. (See e.g. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-sl...)
  • jyxent 12y ago
    The newest version of Android (Lollipop) can update the WebView now. http://developer.android.com/about/versions/lollipop.html#WebView http://developer.android.com/about/versions/lollipop.html#We...
  • vetinari 12y ago
    Not even Google Play Services can update binaries on /system partition. That's the manufacturer's playground, (often signed and checked at boot).