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[[wikipedia:Google_Mobile_Services|Google Mobile Services]] (GMS) is a suite of proprietary [[Android]] applications and APIs produced by [[Google]] that has existed since 2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Play services 1 APK Download by Google LLC |url=https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-1-release/google-play-services-1-android-apk-download/ |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=APKMirror}}</ref>. GMS provides both user-facing apps and developer-facing features for other apps via [[Google Play Services]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android - Google Mobile Services |url=https://www.android.com/gms/ |access-date=2026-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package Index ~~{{!}} Google Play services {{!}} Google for Developers~~ |url=https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages |access-date=2026-03-15}}</ref>

[[wikipedia:Google_Mobile_Services|Google Mobile Services]] (GMS) is a suite of proprietary [[Android]] applications and APIs produced by [[Google]] that has existed since 2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Play services 1 APK Download by Google LLC |url=https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-1-release/google-play-services-1-android-apk-download/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501174642/https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-1-release/google-play-services-1-android-apk-download/ |archive-date=2025-05-01 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[APKMirror]]}}</ref>. GMS provides both user-facing apps and developer-facing features for other apps via [[Google Play Services]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android - Google Mobile Services |url=https://www.android.com/gms/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260403095132/https://www.android.com/gms/ |archive-date=2026-04-03 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[Android]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package Index |url=https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260310230855/https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages |archive-date=2026-03-10 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[Google Play Services]]}}</ref>

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**[[Google Play Store|Play Store]]

*'''[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Services|Play Services]]''' (which [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms contains <code>gms</code> in its package-name])<ref>https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/d288860ac8099c454e570d20e55b6923f57edb67/resources/assets/uad_lists.json#L28942-L28944</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Google Play services works on your device |url=https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228123636/https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |archive-date=2025-12-28 |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=Android Help}}</ref>

*'''[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Services|Play Services]]''' (which [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms contains <code>gms</code> in its package-name])<ref>{{Cite web |title=universal-android-debloater-next-generation |url=https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/d288860ac8099c454e570d20e55b6923f57edb67/resources/assets/uad_lists.json#L28942-L28944 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260329063301/https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/d288860ac8099c454e570d20e55b6923f57edb67/resources/assets/uad_lists.json#L28942-L28944 |archive-date=2026-03-29 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Google Play services works on your device |url=https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228123636/https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |archive-date=2025-12-28 |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=Android Help}}</ref>

*[[Google Play Integrity API|Play Integrity]] and Play Protect

*[[Android System SafetyCore|SafetyCore]]

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==Consumer-impact summary==

{{Ph-C-CIS}}GMS comes preinstalled on Google certified devices, leading to high market saturation among Android devices.{{Citation needed}} It's components are installed as system applications<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2013-09-02 |title=Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205043322/http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |archive-date=2013-12-05 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>, making removal through standard methods impossible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Sadique |date=2025-06-11 |title=How to Uninstall System Apps Without Root |url=https://droidwin.com/how-to-uninstall-system-apps-without-root/ |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=Droidwin}}</ref>

{{Ph-C-CIS}}GMS comes preinstalled on Google certified devices, leading to high market saturation among Android devices.{{Citation needed}} It's components are installed as system applications<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2013-09-02 |title=Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205043322/http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |archive-date=2013-12-05 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>, making removal through standard methods impossible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Sadique |date=2025-06-11 |title=How to Uninstall System Apps Without Root |url=https://droidwin.com/how-to-uninstall-system-apps-without-root/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802011349/https://droidwin.com/how-to-uninstall-system-apps-without-root/ |archive-date=2025-08-02 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[Droidwin]]}}</ref>

Google incentivizes developers to use (and depend on) GMS APIs in order to lock them in. This increases dependence on GMS and contributes to Google's monopoly on Android.{{Citation needed}}

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*[[WhatsApp]]

*[[Discord]]

*Apps that use the Google Play Integrity API (some online banking apps for example)

Most of Google's own apps deliberately refuse to work when Play Services is disabled.{{Citation needed}}

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==Products==

*[[Google]] Search app (circa 2009<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Quick_Search_Box</ref>)

*[[Google]] Search app (circa 2009<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Macaddct1984 |date=2009-06-07 |title=Google Quick Search Box |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Quick_Search_Box |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260202061640/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Quick_Search_Box |archive-date=2026-02-02 |access-date= |website=[[Wikipedia]]}}</ref>)

*[[YouTube]] app (insert release date): [[Pay-walling|Paywalled]] "background play" and "offline" behind Premium

*...

==See also==

* [[Bloatware]]

*[[Bloatware]]

==References==

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-[[wikipedia:Google_Mobile_Services|Google Mobile Services]] (GMS) is a suite of proprietary [[Android]] applications and APIs produced by [[Google]] that has existed since 2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Play services 1 APK Download by Google LLC |url=https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-1-release/google-play-services-1-android-apk-download/ |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=APKMirror}}</ref>. GMS provides both user-facing apps and developer-facing features for other apps via [[Google Play Services]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android - Google Mobile Services |url=https://www.android.com/gms/ |access-date=2026-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package Index {{!}} Google Play services {{!}} Google for Developers |url=https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages |access-date=2026-03-15}}</ref>
+[[wikipedia:Google_Mobile_Services|Google Mobile Services]] (GMS) is a suite of proprietary [[Android]] applications and APIs produced by [[Google]] that has existed since 2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Play services 1 APK Download by Google LLC |url=https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-1-release/google-play-services-1-android-apk-download/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501174642/https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-1-release/google-play-services-1-android-apk-download/ |archive-date=2025-05-01 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[APKMirror]]}}</ref>. GMS provides both user-facing apps and developer-facing features for other apps via [[Google Play Services]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android - Google Mobile Services |url=https://www.android.com/gms/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260403095132/https://www.android.com/gms/ |archive-date=2026-04-03 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[Android]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Package Index |url=https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260310230855/https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages |archive-date=2026-03-10 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[Google Play Services]]}}</ref>
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 **[[Google Play Store|Play Store]]
-*'''[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Services|Play Services]]''' (which [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms contains <code>gms</code> in its package-name])<ref>https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/d288860ac8099c454e570d20e55b6923f57edb67/resources/assets/uad_lists.json#L28942-L28944</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Google Play services works on your device |url=https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228123636/https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |archive-date=2025-12-28 |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=Android Help}}</ref>
+*'''[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Services|Play Services]]''' (which [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms contains <code>gms</code> in its package-name])<ref>{{Cite web |title=universal-android-debloater-next-generation |url=https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/d288860ac8099c454e570d20e55b6923f57edb67/resources/assets/uad_lists.json#L28942-L28944 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260329063301/https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/d288860ac8099c454e570d20e55b6923f57edb67/resources/assets/uad_lists.json#L28942-L28944 |archive-date=2026-03-29 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Google Play services works on your device |url=https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228123636/https://support.google.com/android/answer/12319308 |archive-date=2025-12-28 |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=Android Help}}</ref>
 *[[Google Play Integrity API|Play Integrity]] and Play Protect
 *[[Android System SafetyCore|SafetyCore]]
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 ==Consumer-impact summary==
-{{Ph-C-CIS}}GMS comes preinstalled on Google certified devices, leading to high market saturation among Android devices.{{Citation needed}} It's components are installed as system applications<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2013-09-02 |title=Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205043322/http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |archive-date=2013-12-05 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>, making removal through standard methods impossible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Sadique |date=2025-06-11 |title=How to Uninstall System Apps Without Root |url=https://droidwin.com/how-to-uninstall-system-apps-without-root/ |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=Droidwin}}</ref>
+{{Ph-C-CIS}}GMS comes preinstalled on Google certified devices, leading to high market saturation among Android devices.{{Citation needed}} It's components are installed as system applications<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2013-09-02 |title=Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205043322/http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ |archive-date=2013-12-05 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>, making removal through standard methods impossible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Sadique |date=2025-06-11 |title=How to Uninstall System Apps Without Root |url=https://droidwin.com/how-to-uninstall-system-apps-without-root/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802011349/https://droidwin.com/how-to-uninstall-system-apps-without-root/ |archive-date=2025-08-02 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=[[Droidwin]]}}</ref>
 Google incentivizes developers to use (and depend on) GMS APIs in order to lock them in. This increases dependence on GMS and contributes to Google's monopoly on Android.{{Citation needed}}
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 *[[WhatsApp]]
 *[[Discord]]
+*Apps that use the Google Play Integrity API (some online banking apps for example)
 Most of Google's own apps deliberately refuse to work when Play Services is disabled.{{Citation needed}}
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 ==Products==
-*[[Google]] Search app (circa 2009<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Quick_Search_Box</ref>)
+*[[Google]] Search app (circa 2009<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Macaddct1984 |date=2009-06-07 |title=Google Quick Search Box |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Quick_Search_Box |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260202061640/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Quick_Search_Box |archive-date=2026-02-02 |access-date= |website=[[Wikipedia]]}}</ref>)
 *[[YouTube]] app (insert release date): [[Pay-walling|Paywalled]] "background play" and "offline" behind Premium
-*...<!--todo-->
 ==See also==
-* [[Bloatware]]
+*[[Bloatware]]
 ==References==