Google Play services

com.google.android.gms

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Removing Google Play Services can cause bootloops. If you use “Find My Device”, you will need to remove it from the "Device admin apps" settings panel to be able to remove this package.

GMS = Google Mobile Services. It is a layer that sits on top of the OS and provides a bunch of Google APIs, giving apps access to various Google Services.

If you remove it all the apps relying on Google Play Services whill either:

  • detect the lack of play services and refuse to run

  • detect the lack of play services but allow you to run (improperly) by dismissing an annoying popup.

Disabling this package will improve battery life a lot.

References

  1. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms

Open in App Manager