Google Play Services

The End of Support has Come for Jelly Bean

Kellen July 8, 2021 6

Google released Android Jelly Bean 9 years ago, if you can believe that, and has apparently been supporting it through Google Play Services this entire time. I now know that because they announced today that they are discontinuing updates for Jelly Bean at the...

Google Play Services 8.3 Makes the Google Sign-In Process Simpler

Kellen November 6, 2015 22

Yesterday afternoon, Google announced Google Play Services 8.3 and what we can expect to see from it. Since most of it is developer talk around integrating new APIs, I'll spare you the dirty version and instead point out the new stuff users like you and I will...

Google Play Services 7.8 Rolling Out, Includes Mobile Vision API and Nearby Messages API

Tim August 14, 2015 21

Google Play Services 7.8 is now rolling out for developers, continuing its mission in allowing developers to "build better apps." In this release, Google has new APIs that focus on its previously released Nearby Connections API, as well as a new API called...

Google Play Services 7.5 is Packed Full of Goodies

Kellen May 29, 2015 49

Not only did we get Android M (our tour!) yesterday, but Google also introduced Google Play Services 7.5, which includes all sorts of new goodness like "Smart Lock for Passwords, Instance ID, new APIs for Google Cloud Messaging and Google Cast, as well as...

Google Play Services 7.3 Allows for Multiple Wear Device Connections, More

Kellen April 28, 2015 32

Google announced an update to Google Play Services (v7.3) today that introduces new Android Wear and Google Fit APIs to help you all build better experiences into your apps that use either service. With Wear, Google is giving us the ability to connect...

Google Play Services 7.0 is Rolling Out With New Places, Google Fit APIs, and More

Kellen March 3, 2015 21

Yesterday afternoon, Google began pushing Google Play Services 7.0 to devices. The update introduces a new Places API, a handful of Google Fit APIs that replace the old single API, a new location settings dialog, automatic AdMob and Google Analytics...

Google Play Services 6.5 for Developers, Brings Helpful Maps, Wallet, and Fit APIs for Incorporation

Tim November 17, 2014 5

Google's Android development team is now rolling out Google Play Services 6.5 to developers, bringing a ton of new APIs to incorporate into existing applications. For starters, developers are getting more flexibility from Google Maps, with the API now offering...

Google Play Services Updated to Version 6.1, Brings API Improvements for Drive and Fit

Tim September 16, 2014 18

Google is pushing Version 6.1 of Google Play Services to users this afternoon, but don't expect anything too crazy in the update. As for what is new, Google lists updated APIs for Drive and Fit, which also brings additional support for developers looking to...