News & Reviews:   Google Play Service

Launched in 2014, Android Lollipop or Android 5.0 is now 10 years old. Surprisingly there are still many devices running this outdated operating system, such as on vehicle inforia. Now finally, Google is ending the support of the Google Play service for this operating system. So, what should you know about it?

Smartphones help users store personal information and valuable data making them attractive targets for theft. To improve security, a new set of advanced theft protection features are being introduced through Google Play service updates. This update could affect billions of devices running Android 10 and above with some features available in Android 15.