In the event that you have been using Android smartphones for several years and your Motorola Moto G42 is not your first smartphone, you have undoubtedly seen a number of changes to the operating system. Each new update brings its own set of features and improvements, but first you need to know which Android version is installed on your Motorola Moto G42?
To do this, we will first find out what it is for updating your Android smartphone, then, the process to find out the Android version of your Motorola Moto G42, and, finally, how to update of his smartphone.
What is the point of updating Android on Motorola Moto G42?
We start by consequently our tutorial by exposing you the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Motorola Moto G42. As we told you briefly in the introduction, it is essential to update the system of your smartphone so that it works properly. Indeed, first and foremost, Android updates are there for fix bugs. Switching to the newer Android version will therefore always be beneficial for your mobile phone.
In addition, the more versions of Android advance the more functions added to the system are multiple. For example, we will now find the ability to save applications on the SD card by default, to make Slowmotion videos on Motorola Moto G42, whereas a few years ago it was completely implausible, except through a specific application…
In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we really suggest that you update Android if the version on your Motorola Moto G42 is too old. That said, we frequently hear that updates slow down phones , updates are often attributed to planned obsolescence, however, it is rather in connection with the internal memory of a smartphone that you will distinguish slowdowns, and not because of updates. We therefore recommend that you above all clean the memory of your Motorola Moto G42 to always keep around 10% of free storage.
How to find out the Android version installed on your Motorola Moto G42?
After having listed the advantages of the updates, we will teach you the procedure for find out the version of Android installed on your Motorola Moto G42. This is useful if you are trying to use recent Android functions and you are not sure if they are available on your smartphone. To check the current version of Android on your Motorola Moto G42, nothing could be simpler:
- You turn to the » Parameter »Of your Motorola Moto G42
- Then in the menu » About the phone ", It is possible depending on the Android version of your Motorola Moto G42 that you have to go through the tab first" System »
- Finally either discover directly the » Android version ", Otherwise go through" Software Information " to get there
- You will have on this line the Android version installed on your mobile phone
How to update Android on Motorola Moto G42?
Finally, now that you know how to check the version of the operating system installed on your Motorola Moto G42, you will be able to move on to the practical part, and if you wish and if you ever have enough memory, update your Motorola Moto G42 to Android. For this, two methods for downloading, either through Wi-Fi or directly with your internet package. In the event that you have update problems on your Motorola Moto G42 during the operation, you can read our article.
Update Android without Wi-Fi on Motorola Moto G42
First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Motorola Moto G42 with Wi-Fi. We recommend doing it like this, because depending on the update that you are going to download, it will go from a few tens of megabytes to several gigas. You risk consuming a good part of your internet package depending on your subscription. In the event that however you have checked the size of the update and you still want to do it, you will have to go to:
- » Settings »Of your Motorola Moto G42
- In the menu " Software update »
- Click on " Download and installation »
- Start the update if ever it is available and confirm that you want to do it without Wi-Fi
Update Android on your Motorola Moto G42 with Wi-Fi
Second solution and the one recommended by our team. In the event that you have checked the Android version of your Motorola Moto G42 and it is too old, it will therefore be time to upgrade to the more recent version of the operating system. To avoid any too much data consumption it is rational to carry out the update of Android in Wi-Fi, because they can frequently, according to the versions do several gigabytes. Let's go:
- Go to the " Settings »Of your Motorola Moto G42
- At the bottom of the list click on » Software update »
- Make sure that the option " Auto download via Wi-Fi »Be checked
- Now click on » Download and installation »To start the process
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