| Devices older than Android 4 | 1, or devices without Google Play services installed, aren't supported |
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| If you are using Android Studio 3 | 4 or higher and enable code shrinking, the can help further reduce the footprint of each SDK and its impact on your app's package size |
1 or higher receive updates automatically, provided that these devices have Google Play services installed and sufficient storage available.
17| Powers SDKs that are backward compatible to Android 4 | Other APIs allow you to resolve any issues at runtime, such as missing, disabled, or out-of-date services |
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| At runtime, the client library communicates with the bulk of the SDK's implementation and footprint in Google Play services | Services Google Play services contains on-device Google services that run in the background on every Google-certified Android device |
1 API level 16 and are available on a variety of form factors, enabling you to reach more users with less effort.
| Automatic updates to Google Play services are delivered independent of carrier, OS, or OEM system image updates | In general, devices running Android 4 |
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| Google Play services receives regular updates that contain improvements and bug fixes |
Next steps: set up your app To begin using Google Play services APIs in your app, read this.
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