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When I open Android Studio I receive a notification saying that an update is available:

The latest stable release of Android Studio is now available for download.

Android Studio Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Patch 1 is a major new release and includes performance improvements, bug fixes and new features.

- Intellij 2021.1.1 Platform Update
- New Device Manager
- ADB over Wi-Fi
- Run Instrumented Tests in Android Studio using Gradle
- Android Gradle Plugin Upgrade Assistant now updates API usage
- Non-Transitive R classes on for new projects
- Apple Silicon Support Update
- Jank detection track in Profilers
- Profileable app profiling support in Studio Profilers
- Network Inspection and ability to capture Layout Inspector snapshots
- Support for Compose semantics in the Layout Inspector
- Interactive Preview
- Animated Vector Drawables Preview
- Updated Device picker for Design Tools

Important After updating, you need to restart Android Studio to apply any memory settings you migrate from an earlier version of the IDE.
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However when I click on the Download button it opens a web page to re-download the whole program instead of updating it. It's a bit confusing because it's a minor update.

Aryan Beezadhur
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Greelings
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  • Does this answer your question? [What is the correct way to install Android Studio Bumblebee 2021.1.1 Patch 1](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70999801/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-android-studio-bumblebee-2021-1-1-patch-1) – Abhinav Suman Feb 08 '22 at 08:17
  • @AbhinavSuman Thank you very much, but the answer to this other question is also mine. :) – Greelings Feb 08 '22 at 10:14

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This issue was fixed by Google (10 February 2022).

You can now update Android Studio normally.

Thank you all for helping to bring this problem to Google's attention.

Greelings
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The problem was fixed. You can now update through the IDE without any webpage redirects or workarounds. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/217880228

pepper90
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Download and install JetBrains Toolbox. Android studio patch update will show in the toolbox list. Update through this. Hope its helpful.

Afsal B Bavummal
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  • It actually worked. – dud3rino Feb 07 '22 at 12:23
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    Did not work for me. JetBrains Toolbox, installed the patch alongside the existing version. Now I have the two versions working side by side. I want to have only one and updated. – antseq Feb 07 '22 at 14:56
  • This is because maybe you manually installed android studio in different folder. Toolbox will be helpful only for default installation folder is guess. – Afsal B Bavummal Feb 08 '22 at 09:34
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As written in the issuetracker (217880288):

Workaround: delete manually only the "C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio"-folder and then install AS again. All your preferences will be restored because they are saved in your profile folder.

This worked for me. However I for my part only renamed the old Android Studio folder and will keep it for a few Versions just to be have it in case of problems - but I didn't notice any problems yet.

P.S.: I readded the folder as exclusion from Antivirus, even if I do not remember well if this is still helping performance.

P.P.S.: Before I also tried the JetBrains Toolbox way to update AS, it said it installed the patch - however I still got the messages afterwards and it was still using old gradle.

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