Google Play Services turned off for Android Jelly Bean

In the event you’re nonetheless utilizing an Android smartphone from the primary half of the final decade, it could be time to improve. If not for the various already apparent causes, at the least for what has developed into official right now: Google just stopped updates to Play Companies for all telephones with Android 4.1-4. three Jelly Bean. As a part of the information, Google additionally revealed that Bean telephones now account for lower than 1% of lively gadgets as of July 2021.

A few of you could be stunned to know that Google was even rolling out updates to Play Companies on such outdated gadgets however such is the modularity of Android. Whereas system updates stay important to buyer safety, Google has decoupled many software program particulars into separate modules and methods and maintains its personal software program stack and SDK for “further” performance through Play Companies, providing quite a few options and integrations by means of it.

This breakdown of software program options into individually upgradeable chunks is vital to the software program method Google will take for Android sooner or later, amplified by issues like Venture Mainline. Sometimes, Android variations will not even matter with regards to buyer safety. However that day is not right now, and it is positively not going to occur for Jelly Bean.

Whereas Jelly Bean-based gadgets will proceed to “work” with no new recreation service updates, this alteration signifies that many issues might begin to malfunction over time, doubtlessly together with the Play Retailer itself, which means there can be no apps or app updates.

Google recommends that builders additionally cease concentrating on earlier API ranges if they’re utilizing the Play Companies SDK, with a minimum of API Degree 19 (aka Play Companies for Android 4. Four Equipment Kat).